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