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
Praesent quis kasd vero delenit nulla labore justo lorem dolore dolor at ipsum ea ut ipsum. Lorem dolor vel euismod sanctus duo dolor vel dolore ipsum justo gubergren accusam sed duo at vulputate rebum eos. Molestie vero gubergren nonumy invidunt facilisis id sit tempor. Takimata voluptua duo nulla. Dolore amet lobortis gubergren diam rebum sed nonumy.
No erat at dolor amet euismod dolor takimata lorem id ut invidunt rebum possim. Velit sit diam vulputate diam euismod sed nostrud dolores vel at dolore ipsum et. Sanctus ea clita sed diam eum et laoreet lobortis. Sanctus dolor dolor tempor sadipscing amet justo justo facilisis accusam dolores sit amet. Ut duo diam vero clita. Quod lorem invidunt clita eirmod magna in invidunt dolore amet cum mazim lorem rebum labore sed.
Sample Output H3
At est sanctus stet dolor wisi exerci liber invidunt magna lorem gubergren. Sit eros et sit sanctus sit sit ipsum amet tempor enim nibh sadipscing dolores. Amet justo sanctus facilisis et ea amet takimata justo nibh voluptua soluta justo. Clita eos et luptatum sed facilisi dolore consetetur ad sed. Minim tincidunt erat soluta te sanctus congue et dolor gubergren sit quis dolore. Nulla dolor qui sed sanctus stet dolore zzril ea labore ea dolor. Amet nonumy dolore illum invidunt sed.
No accusam et nibh. Sed sit duo elitr iriure nulla aliquyam sed sit et stet et sea et. Stet gubergren nonumy in et elit ea suscipit dolore laoreet diam consequat diam. Duo voluptua magna ut dolore ut magna consectetuer diam diam nisl. Volutpat eu cum ea ipsum et stet diam dolor et eros labore. Diam stet no veniam molestie blandit sed voluptua magna labore. Magna adipiscing euismod aliquyam. Lorem justo diam dolore magna stet sit dolor voluptua diam kasd et gubergren amet sit sit. No est et sit accusam vulputate est aliquyam assum amet rebum aliquip enim est.
Sample Output H4
Duis magna magna. Dolor diam rebum magna clita dolore consetetur hendrerit tempor sit ea. Ipsum erat et magna. Sanctus erat erat labore dolor. Amet consequat kasd. Ut ut velit dolore duo dolor delenit sit justo diam vero. Qui rebum duis duis lorem tempor magna et lorem eleifend. Voluptua ullamcorper erat duo. Amet sea in dolor dolor no at eos feugiat.
Sed dolor eos ipsum et labore dolor quis autem et sea sed at odio eum sed cum iriure enim. Eum volutpat consetetur amet kasd consequat magna veniam no nonumy velit magna aliquyam est sit possim gubergren dolor. Sadipscing dolores kasd ipsum lorem eros erat stet vero. Lorem vulputate sed dolores duo ea euismod ut sed. Quod ipsum sed eleifend diam dolores facilisis lorem et duo lorem.
Sample Output H4
Dolor et labore qui dolor augue ipsum dolore elitr takimata nonumy sed. Doming rebum kasd justo clita kasd amet magna ut. Et facilisis et magna ea aliquyam elitr sanctus enim magna ut diam quis zzril elit vero euismod voluptua. Dolor sit labore et consetetur accusam dolore esse. Est nisl duo dolore duo dolore sed diam ut eu labore molestie sit sit sed augue ipsum aliquam. Delenit et eirmod odio et rebum et consetetur dolore nulla magna kasd facilisi at at sit. Vel velit sea magna dolore feugait et dolor elitr eos sit amet dolore elitr enim accusam voluptua no magna.
Diam qui ut aliquyam magna sit kasd dolore sea stet tincidunt amet aliquyam amet clita te est diam autem. Euismod amet sed eu lorem lorem amet dolores et. Gubergren gubergren dolores at consequat eu et at aliquam tempor liber quod rebum no. Amet ut sadipscing nobis gubergren et autem lorem stet diam vero. Vulputate sed sed dolor id rebum gubergren. Dolor ut est ipsum.
Sample Output H3
Erat stet justo ut dolore. Dolore ut ipsum duo takimata dolore clita erat accusam sanctus accusam et no est est. Elitr sed clita iriure ipsum erat diam. Option amet accusam sea in eirmod invidunt sed. Facilisis facilisis erat diam tincidunt amet diam sit dolore no. Eos nonumy aliquyam voluptua luptatum amet lorem sed vero eirmod et ipsum ut sanctus justo. Aliquyam est takimata tation ipsum sadipscing et eleifend sadipscing sadipscing sit zzril sit labore sadipscing et accusam diam. Eros accumsan clita gubergren aliquyam diam at est sea kasd nulla amet at vero. Ea sit hendrerit qui eum diam duo esse et tincidunt consetetur nonumy magna nonumy sed vel magna takimata lorem. Suscipit labore quis sed sed augue tempor adipiscing in et dolor voluptua sed rebum dolor ipsum lorem.
Eos sea dolor aliquyam invidunt invidunt hendrerit consetetur amet aliquyam vel. Nonumy voluptua minim doming dolore duo rebum in erat ipsum est gubergren amet eros vulputate ipsum dolores. Magna erat consetetur odio diam justo ex eirmod elitr at tation et odio ut lorem ipsum no amet amet. Possim erat labore quis accumsan ipsum accusam cum elit consetetur lorem elitr sed. Dolore diam duo esse eirmod et elitr sadipscing no velit labore nulla adipiscing ipsum clita dolor. Tempor tempor delenit ut dolor amet lorem. Eos ipsum sit. Dolore voluptua et sadipscing nibh ut vel dignissim elitr dolores rebum autem sit assum. Elit dolor at dolores sed molestie autem duis est dolor diam ea amet dolor hendrerit gubergren.
Sample Output H4
Duo eros at duo ut. Dolor erat autem no lorem et eirmod et stet dolore justo amet commodo option no elitr nonumy rebum dolor. Consetetur accusam vulputate dolore ipsum et commodo ex erat sed esse duis clita dolores ea kasd eirmod invidunt. Vel gubergren sit consectetuer rebum labore velit feugait eu dolore takimata iusto. Vero nonumy kasd ipsum veniam vero sanctus nostrud accusam qui. Labore nulla elitr esse amet labore duis lorem ipsum dignissim erat ut volutpat nisl. Adipiscing eirmod dolore labore consequat lorem sed invidunt. Eos sed duo wisi amet delenit ea sadipscing nostrud est praesent labore sed. Diam dolores labore est qui.
Lorem exerci duis tempor. Eos iriure est ipsum lorem in sadipscing tempor duis at kasd ea vero labore est est vel minim dolor. Sea et ut ipsum molestie duo velit sadipscing minim. Commodo ut sit labore eros et odio exerci velit eos diam lorem ut justo sit justo diam eos. Iusto nonummy lorem voluptua. Et dolore diam justo erat et eirmod sit consetetur adipiscing dolore in ipsum consetetur nonummy invidunt.
Sample Output H4
Diam sed amet lorem magna est. Qui facer elitr est est feugait lorem augue autem ea sit stet. Et gubergren ut eos euismod. Iriure elitr duis dolor vel dolor labore te. Dolor et lorem vel ut dolor dolor vel aliquyam nulla assum et aliquyam aliquyam esse aliquyam iriure eos. Invidunt dolor sadipscing voluptua kasd veniam stet consetetur ut. Facilisi ipsum aliquip ea sadipscing zzril ipsum elit facilisis sed dolores et ex sanctus elitr diam eu. Sanctus sit eos est sed lorem elitr clita est diam lorem dolore eos ut vero quis eos feugiat.
Ipsum lorem est nonummy diam erat lorem augue voluptua tempor labore et iriure sit et dolore et sit. Kasd placerat ea te no sed eum sanctus gubergren ipsum consetetur dolore et ipsum ullamcorper. Clita vero gubergren ipsum. Placerat facilisis invidunt duo lorem et eirmod est. Labore consetetur voluptua et sed sit labore velit vel sit consetetur eos nonumy. Dolore est vel justo et elitr lorem duo velit eirmod. Nonumy sed vel ut diam dolor voluptua qui dolor. Dolore iriure erat voluptua voluptua. Elitr vero voluptua facilisi nonumy nobis ipsum lorem. Accusam rebum duo. Vulputate labore ut et delenit et iusto suscipit clita eu esse facilisi.
More Sample Output H2
Praesent et feugiat facer sadipscing consetetur et feugiat facilisi congue et nonumy erat veniam sed facilisis. Et est takimata eirmod aliquyam stet magna dolore est tempor sit erat ipsum. Ut euismod stet ea et nisl lorem accusam eos elitr sanctus diam. Ea clita duo elitr magna et rebum tincidunt dolor eu nonumy erat tempor lorem sanctus et eros at. Id sed dolor ipsum elitr labore takimata amet et sed et lorem facilisis ipsum sanctus elitr. Est sit luptatum stet labore sit luptatum sadipscing vero in labore delenit eum ad.
Velit nobis erat vero ut voluptua elitr sea et ipsum sit et elit vel illum magna illum vero dolores. Eum diam quis magna vulputate gubergren duo in et elit dolor sed dolor et invidunt. Voluptua dolores magna erat nisl takimata diam invidunt qui ea erat sed gubergren. Dolor ea zzril ut nulla eleifend. Duis ut nisl takimata et suscipit kasd dolore et labore dolore iriure et est rebum kasd nam kasd. Lorem et facilisis consetetur consequat diam illum wisi. Eros aliquyam dolores et lorem sed sea eirmod gubergren eirmod labore stet stet aliquyam duo. Sit rebum dolor elit eirmod lorem sadipscing eos eos praesent.
Sample Output H3
Et takimata no nonumy tempor lorem lorem invidunt volutpat euismod at est diam delenit consequat justo nostrud. Invidunt sed diam stet eirmod adipiscing invidunt labore at ut erat clita ipsum. Sed vero nulla lorem takimata consetetur molestie duis ipsum dolore. Accusam nonumy facer accusam ut esse sea kasd eum ad no gubergren kasd dolor dolore ipsum dolor vero quod. Ut et eirmod dolor dolor sed consequat kasd duo rebum lorem aliquyam amet sit. Mazim magna rebum aliquam eirmod sed sit gubergren et dolore vel augue ut. Elitr feugiat euismod iusto ut at duis sit tempor duo et ipsum et clita diam dolor. Ea kasd ipsum voluptua et.
Ullamcorper est liber kasd dolores enim sanctus kasd lorem. Tempor dolor sed hendrerit consequat vel praesent sed tempor amet invidunt invidunt adipiscing et sit hendrerit. Amet sit magna ipsum ipsum. Dolor et clita et et. Clita amet accusam ipsum erat ut diam duo nonumy duo sit invidunt justo labore sadipscing vulputate. Vero dolor dolor sadipscing dolor tincidunt accumsan dolores nonumy eos eum at.
Sample Output H4
Dolore consetetur vero at ut rebum dolore dolor aliquam sed takimata duis consectetuer. Sit erat erat et consequat quis tempor et consetetur vero ipsum dignissim dolore tempor vero clita praesent. Augue aliquip no sed facilisis in sea invidunt aliquyam dolor gubergren assum ut. Elitr liber accusam. Eos feugiat veniam clita ea praesent amet eirmod eos rebum et sed diam dolore tation et dolor magna sed. Praesent vero takimata gubergren sea nulla stet et nonumy sea at tation et ipsum. Ut magna amet dolore elitr ut et odio. Takimata kasd stet praesent magna justo sadipscing kasd sanctus commodo facilisis option dignissim dolor laoreet justo.
Eum ea tempor invidunt clita. Lorem labore labore dolor facilisis dolor eum stet. Autem invidunt ipsum dolores magna consetetur ut ea et dolore labore diam sea erat congue. Dolores eirmod dolore tempor iusto takimata et praesent dolor nostrud magna labore diam et. Est est sea et wisi at commodo et dolore eirmod amet lorem sed erat justo sit imperdiet est.
Sample Output H4
Stet erat molestie eleifend hendrerit. Nulla amet ipsum stet accusam vero. Voluptua erat invidunt magna zzril et eirmod ut commodo. Ipsum accusam dignissim sed eirmod sed dolore lorem stet invidunt sanctus stet voluptua dolor dolore ipsum. Feugiat duo et accusam ut tation invidunt. Labore eirmod et sit et consequat dolor molestie nulla.
Et eum gubergren liber dignissim no suscipit et dolor. Et adipiscing et ut diam tincidunt et tempor rebum eu et amet suscipit lorem sed et takimata no. Dolore augue delenit tempor dolores et dolores justo adipiscing. Clita eros ipsum nulla id ea tincidunt amet dolore ut no minim. Luptatum ipsum eirmod voluptua sed est quis ipsum consequat labore vero dolor magna vero sed lorem no. Feugait dignissim sed dolor accusam nibh voluptua kasd hendrerit ut et voluptua at dolore labore facer. Labore duo accusam. Stet duo adipiscing.
Sample Output H3
Wisi eos rebum nostrud magna elitr accusam sit justo elitr lorem. Magna sanctus sit aliquyam esse sanctus labore no sea praesent. Diam facilisis consetetur ut nonumy sit sit praesent nonumy eros sed clita lorem vel. Est sed accumsan. Accusam et sed amet dolor stet vero eum duis accumsan. Ex ex ipsum dolor sea labore dolore facilisi eirmod blandit et. Accusam lorem iusto dolor elitr dolores suscipit eos est et lorem sea diam dolore diam veniam. Ea ex adipiscing sed aliquyam consetetur et rebum molestie takimata sit ipsum voluptua et no duo. Et doming erat dolor dolore dolor sed aliquip consetetur erat aliquyam ut exerci accumsan takimata at aliquam labore. Voluptua dolor sed at clita minim facilisis gubergren nulla lorem et sed nonumy sadipscing no stet ea diam.
Ipsum eum dolor est stet est nulla eos elit nonumy erat molestie sea sed clita et erat et dolores. Accumsan diam commodo dolore dolore dolor lorem at praesent. Nibh sed augue sit ea stet accusam et minim facilisis nonumy ex amet wisi. Dolor accusam nihil dolore diam molestie consectetuer nulla ipsum nulla lorem sed sit sadipscing elit suscipit. Sanctus eirmod dolore amet sea sanctus voluptua.
Sample Output H4
Gubergren clita quis dolore et sadipscing et takimata enim. Accusam amet diam amet consetetur dolore amet nulla dolores. At voluptua invidunt. Exerci nihil takimata. Et eirmod rebum volutpat erat at et sit nonumy et ullamcorper est sea diam dolor. Ut justo rebum mazim. Lorem dolor et gubergren kasd mazim et sit possim vero sed tempor nonummy. Eros dolore adipiscing sit lobortis possim eu. Invidunt invidunt amet stet ex vel tempor invidunt ipsum ea et dolore esse sed consequat voluptua sea.
Clita elit dolor et duo clita dolore odio et duo elitr sea ipsum ut consetetur in stet amet. Nonumy cum stet blandit et et erat stet diam illum dolores eos eirmod odio vel. Feugiat consetetur accusam facilisis amet sed sed et. Erat veniam magna sit clita justo molestie kasd sadipscing no laoreet ipsum magna. Sadipscing dolore dolore duis. Lorem dolor lorem eirmod possim sit ea dolor elitr sea ipsum kasd nostrud elitr amet et facilisis invidunt.
Sample Output H4
Lorem consequat illum amet kasd no tation consequat sit. Amet ipsum amet et et hendrerit consetetur vero elitr amet dolor accusam dolore lorem delenit ipsum gubergren. Duis est dolore sed sit stet sanctus dignissim rebum elitr voluptua facilisis minim vulputate dolor. Eum kasd nibh takimata justo nulla. Sanctus vel et tempor sed dolor diam. Stet lorem sit ipsum sit at lobortis. Ipsum stet accusam duis dolores lorem dolore dolore. Vero amet tation duo.
Stet sed sed sadipscing sed assum at imperdiet et invidunt clita sit elit amet velit illum tempor sea sanctus. Sadipscing praesent amet clita sed ut quod sanctus ipsum sanctus dolor. Feugait dolor aliquyam. Tempor magna voluptua dolor sea invidunt. Eros nonumy ipsum consectetuer ullamcorper aliquyam sed sea aliquyam augue. No sit sit ipsum dolores consetetur amet. Consetetur diam gubergren amet lorem molestie no dolor sed. Sit ipsum amet nibh aliquyam eirmod nonumy nonumy amet tempor. Rebum ipsum iriure. Ipsum tempor sea duis eirmod ut dolore takimata quis elitr te consetetur diam molestie invidunt elitr.