PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
In accumsan consetetur. Nonummy laoreet labore exerci accumsan amet amet eum sed diam sadipscing sanctus hendrerit et. Eum eos dolore. Clita ut sit nonumy in invidunt duis sit ea et imperdiet et kasd lorem et stet kasd. Dignissim facilisi facilisis diam sed tempor ut ipsum invidunt. Eos aliquyam aliquam dolor sed dignissim nulla ad duo gubergren in sed sed et vel sed consetetur sit dolore. Vero invidunt lorem sit. Suscipit nonummy dolore delenit sea accusam nonumy lorem tation ipsum vero amet consetetur eum sea aliquyam elit rebum.
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Sample Output H3
Et amet duis diam. Consequat sit voluptua ea lobortis nulla. Ea sea duo nulla no magna aliquip hendrerit aliquyam dolore in ut lorem lorem voluptua. Sed ipsum eos nonumy sed gubergren dolores vero ut sit tincidunt dolore. Clita facilisis tempor euismod consequat dolore vero vero magna ea magna ipsum lobortis takimata velit est vero clita. Consetetur et labore minim et no facilisis diam consetetur vero. Facilisi et justo aliquam. Vero placerat amet eum assum ut sit diam tempor sit elitr est ipsum. Et amet nonumy. Et invidunt nulla rebum ea ipsum kasd liber aliquyam lorem luptatum tempor no eum eirmod ipsum stet.
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Sample Output H4
Sed gubergren vero gubergren tincidunt. Commodo praesent sadipscing dolore dolores erat est et ea laoreet. Dolore aliquyam sit sea. Ex clita et accusam duo kasd dolor mazim lorem sed gubergren tempor tincidunt et nihil. Ipsum iusto iriure et justo wisi vero vero duo facilisi feugiat facilisis aliquyam nibh sea consectetuer stet sed vero. Nostrud qui vero eirmod rebum. Stet nibh accusam justo et amet at eos. Lobortis sit voluptua sed nonumy tempor no et.
Elitr dolore in dolore. In ipsum dolores adipiscing justo et dolores. Erat iusto ipsum ut tempor autem sit consectetuer ex. Lorem ea illum eirmod clita invidunt at ex et erat eirmod in eos accusam quod dolor clita esse. Sed ut eirmod et nulla nibh at invidunt in est. Amet justo iusto suscipit dolor sed vero. At dolore vero luptatum dolor in eirmod voluptua ea magna eos sanctus vulputate nostrud ut. Soluta molestie consetetur sea clita accusam et lorem stet hendrerit ut duo et.
Sample Output H4
Gubergren vero sea dolore ea velit eos esse invidunt nonumy duis at est ut adipiscing est amet labore erat. Dolore dolor et voluptua. Ea eirmod dolor sed ex aliquam takimata clita sit stet. Diam magna possim elitr iriure lorem sea justo magna amet consetetur tempor rebum et ipsum nisl vero elit praesent. Takimata nobis sed ea ipsum et takimata duo assum sea rebum diam ipsum commodo eros invidunt amet. Sea diam adipiscing dolor amet suscipit facer ex aliquam sanctus labore et et rebum. Sanctus voluptua diam velit diam consetetur vero elitr nonumy option.
Et nisl adipiscing eum. Suscipit ullamcorper nibh ipsum in sadipscing sanctus lorem no zzril gubergren ut dolores laoreet et. Ipsum consequat laoreet duis enim. Iriure duo autem placerat gubergren lorem. Magna dolor elitr sed et voluptua id. Magna erat praesent possim eos aliquyam ipsum euismod. Et sed duis et dolores sanctus sanctus stet illum. Ea sea dolor dolor voluptua.
Sample Output H3
Lorem praesent elitr sanctus dolor dolor et erat dolores et eos consetetur et. Erat elitr et magna nonumy consetetur te accusam. Ea ea sit. Elit commodo erat aliquyam vulputate diam invidunt gubergren veniam labore wisi. Magna adipiscing ipsum lorem diam dolore ex lorem consetetur et lorem et eleifend odio odio amet consequat eros sanctus. Wisi lobortis ex delenit magna justo labore eirmod consequat ea option.
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Sample Output H4
At at et justo accusam kasd lorem erat ea kasd. Dolores et diam takimata justo consetetur. Diam at voluptua ex erat gubergren luptatum. Eirmod blandit consetetur euismod adipiscing et nobis molestie voluptua hendrerit diam enim hendrerit vero. Consetetur tempor accusam invidunt rebum iriure ipsum imperdiet et facilisi duo nonumy ut lobortis nonumy lorem stet.
Sed eos labore lobortis vel delenit illum quod blandit. Ut augue lorem est diam commodo lorem nulla. Diam dolores ut et no accusam magna aliquyam erat rebum. Elitr sed tempor stet sit et takimata amet voluptua feugait quis lorem. Magna eirmod gubergren rebum ut ut takimata at sed. Et at sadipscing sit voluptua labore nostrud labore nam eu eos. Iriure lorem elitr elitr justo voluptua lorem. Kasd suscipit dolores ea diam doming amet duo erat sadipscing sea. Magna sed sadipscing et et rebum amet adipiscing eos sadipscing sea hendrerit diam consetetur lorem vero et elitr. Autem at diam minim.
Sample Output H4
Takimata kasd option nonumy iriure sanctus. Accusam et invidunt ipsum kasd takimata lobortis. Sadipscing duo duo lorem nobis consequat magna amet sea et sed invidunt dolor feugiat. Facilisis duo amet exerci sit lorem. Doming volutpat diam stet duo et elitr in stet. Ipsum nam est. Iusto sed ut erat at ea placerat dolor sit molestie magna sadipscing gubergren vulputate aliquyam gubergren et sit est. Esse wisi labore nonumy aliquyam clita ipsum dolor at. Et no eos amet eos nonumy iriure sed et nonumy diam sadipscing lorem elit. Vero euismod stet gubergren cum ad sea invidunt clita lorem.
Vulputate amet rebum clita. Voluptua eirmod liber dolor accusam tation dolore sed tempor takimata at gubergren luptatum sed clita dolor laoreet eos duo. Voluptua et nonummy voluptua eos amet. Minim stet est sea sanctus voluptua accusam sit ea erat sed. Justo assum clita et te dolore justo magna accumsan aliquyam kasd clita at sit. Aliquyam est et sed duo dolor sit dolor sed dolore erat vulputate takimata doming rebum magna sanctus vel. Lorem dolor nonumy vulputate accusam. Lorem aliquyam sanctus consequat. Sadipscing consectetuer te aliquyam sed clita nonumy praesent. Ut eos velit sea duo eum nostrud stet.
More Sample Output H2
Et est clita sea diam et elitr consectetuer et consequat magna zzril. Consequat nulla sanctus magna diam voluptua est dolores hendrerit eirmod consetetur sed sed. Minim eirmod sea lorem et consetetur. Eirmod nulla magna dolore erat erat lorem congue dolores aliquyam quis clita erat lorem. Eum ea sit invidunt labore rebum in. Dolor veniam sanctus vero amet feugait dolor et diam accusam erat sit duis at et ipsum veniam sanctus. At takimata ipsum dolores in takimata ea diam sea.
Kasd dolore ipsum autem stet gubergren iriure ut aliquam est accusam vero qui. In takimata ipsum dolore. Ipsum sed diam tation. Sadipscing ipsum congue veniam amet eu ut eirmod vero magna. Dolor ipsum lorem amet zzril euismod sed wisi vel est lorem et voluptua clita lorem clita magna labore te. Gubergren nonumy sit nonumy rebum dolore diam sea sadipscing takimata dolore blandit lorem aliquyam iriure gubergren lorem. Tempor dolor amet consetetur erat eros consetetur et et erat sit ut sadipscing est ea eos. Vero aliquyam euismod magna invidunt augue labore.
Sample Output H3
Eos elit illum et sed diam no consequat laoreet illum erat diam. Et consetetur lorem sea dolores accumsan te enim sed assum feugait. Rebum erat consetetur erat sea amet esse dolor hendrerit dolor consequat kasd elitr nobis clita exerci rebum. Praesent sadipscing aliquam duo nonumy et illum erat magna no nulla consetetur eum elitr. Consetetur stet gubergren autem enim erat ipsum sit stet accusam magna kasd commodo et ea dolor tempor amet delenit. Commodo commodo vel in at. Erat ipsum laoreet eos id sanctus dolor sed ipsum esse dolor et diam. Justo aliquyam ut dolor amet takimata.
Lorem elit nonummy dolor dolore sanctus elitr quis et dolor et dolores nonumy quis est lorem vel volutpat hendrerit. Duo sit consetetur duis vulputate ut duo est rebum consectetuer elitr molestie ipsum. Ipsum amet ad ea at dolores lorem ipsum et lorem dolor aliquyam sea diam sed tempor dignissim dolores. Ipsum consetetur lorem dolor dolore. Sit eirmod invidunt eleifend ea diam et autem justo voluptua gubergren vel euismod sadipscing. Doming lorem eos amet quod sea duis sed rebum voluptua ea voluptua vel labore eos elit vero.
Sample Output H4
Sed rebum stet sit eos eos eu feugiat invidunt dolor dolore. Elitr in delenit sea sit rebum in tation ut wisi consetetur vulputate et. Amet justo duis et diam amet justo accusam ea diam sed dolor amet. Voluptua vel kasd option eirmod feugait eos soluta et sed sed ipsum tempor vero invidunt. Lorem sed rebum facilisi et eos magna et invidunt duis stet odio voluptua et. Lorem enim ut nonummy accumsan at euismod at ea erat et dolor vero eirmod sea rebum ipsum. Tempor tempor facilisis et. Et minim minim elitr rebum wisi duis esse voluptua eos et sed eirmod dolor sanctus.
Amet lorem lorem. Tincidunt labore eros magna clita et autem sed diam erat blandit et eirmod. Justo aliquyam lorem ipsum lobortis. At nonumy et takimata gubergren justo kasd tempor lorem amet. Nibh labore dolore sea vero invidunt. Sit eirmod augue in diam dolor dolore sit qui et no lorem tempor sit sea. Commodo dolor justo sit lorem eum no duis quis nonumy. Diam dolore est sed feugait.
Sample Output H4
Sit no eirmod justo erat in voluptua. Duo sit diam amet clita erat amet accusam amet elitr vero cum. Nulla invidunt dolor et dolor autem et rebum ipsum eirmod erat kasd amet erat sit feugait consectetuer stet dolor. Accusam at vel illum wisi at dolore kasd eu sanctus aliquip amet. Zzril justo ut invidunt ut ut nulla. Justo et vero feugiat labore sit aliquyam ipsum. Blandit feugiat duis erat ut ipsum nibh. Consequat ut ea amet ut no aliquip dolore est sit congue et et imperdiet accumsan. Vel ipsum sanctus lobortis et elit dolore dignissim feugiat.
Diam justo iriure wisi vel nonummy cum duo et elitr eu et gubergren. Te delenit magna magna illum est sanctus lorem sanctus. Et ipsum duo voluptua sanctus dolor aliquyam vel ipsum accusam et feugiat in. Stet sea diam erat sit augue invidunt odio amet dolores delenit dolore et est sit kasd et sanctus dolores. Lorem labore suscipit vero sanctus consequat augue dolore rebum diam amet amet est kasd dolores. Lorem voluptua ipsum consetetur lorem dolore ipsum dolor aliquyam ut sit sea duis elitr et duo clita voluptua.
Sample Output H3
Adipiscing te sit lorem sit iriure sanctus est. Lorem vero no tempor sed elitr diam nisl. Rebum et justo et magna lorem ipsum justo lorem sed sit dolore eirmod duis sed. Takimata elitr voluptua et consetetur nulla lorem ipsum dolor dolore adipiscing sadipscing dolore duo amet duo. Et erat luptatum hendrerit sed commodo dolor amet dolore eirmod sit nonumy.
Ea consectetuer nonummy velit ex magna erat sit soluta blandit dolor ut et dolor kasd sit ut elitr. Ipsum wisi erat at blandit diam clita erat tincidunt et iriure nonumy sea ipsum et ut. Sed erat praesent lorem tempor dolore iriure dolor ipsum. Eirmod vero ut gubergren tempor elitr nonumy eirmod delenit wisi voluptua clita kasd eirmod dolor. Delenit gubergren stet eum et erat at tempor gubergren takimata accumsan rebum clita ipsum eos diam. Stet aliquyam aliquam sea ullamcorper diam stet qui. Vero dolor feugiat facilisis blandit dolore dolor justo stet dolor ex takimata. Lorem ea ut lorem sit ut voluptua diam exerci hendrerit amet ea. Sea dolor clita elitr lorem sit.
Sample Output H4
Est vero nisl dolore et rebum kasd sadipscing diam sanctus no exerci dolor voluptua. Sed ullamcorper gubergren sed nonummy dolor augue diam minim eos consetetur et aliquam sanctus nisl nonummy. Magna sea et euismod gubergren duo takimata diam lorem et odio clita sed takimata. Dolore nonumy ipsum. Iriure accusam volutpat no elitr zzril diam. Feugiat diam ut tempor. Tation sanctus diam dolor at enim amet dolor dolore accusam rebum justo. Sea vulputate at eos sed consequat lorem dolor sit wisi feugiat lorem takimata no justo labore ipsum eirmod. Sit justo dolor. Congue sed eirmod facer consequat et nulla ex eirmod nulla et exerci ut nibh suscipit wisi vero gubergren ex. No iriure nulla ut accumsan adipiscing et.
Labore eos takimata illum ipsum diam iriure dolor sadipscing duo tempor iriure ea sed nulla elitr et ea voluptua. Duis dolores augue sit invidunt. Duo luptatum eu dolore diam erat hendrerit. Ea invidunt sea diam elit zzril et magna magna lorem augue. Amet invidunt et delenit labore sed clita amet voluptua et tation eirmod doming consetetur no.
Sample Output H4
Clita sed ut ipsum possim clita eos et consetetur eos exerci justo et clita consequat at aliquip labore. Id ipsum diam sit dolores amet duo consetetur id ipsum ea dolor facilisi. Dolore justo accusam invidunt dolor sanctus eos enim nulla sed. Sit voluptua mazim ut diam aliquyam. Facilisis eros esse dolores. Aliquip vero ut accusam blandit sed aliquyam consetetur nam justo. Eos ex clita eirmod sed vero nulla voluptua facer consequat. Dolores clita id no dolores accumsan nulla est et takimata. Tempor justo stet liber ipsum vero est. Labore labore magna nisl et lorem et elitr erat dolor lorem.
Sit kasd takimata diam diam feugait dolore diam lorem consequat lorem dolore stet. Elitr voluptua ut takimata ipsum et diam ad sanctus ut et vero magna duo dolore. Ipsum et aliquyam et dolores no est ea facilisis rebum sadipscing clita autem nobis diam justo takimata sanctus. Praesent elit vero dolor lorem takimata ipsum et nisl accumsan ipsum invidunt rebum nulla no augue tempor lorem. Clita labore accusam. Et labore eum diam duo lorem elitr dolor duo.