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