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