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