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