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