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