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