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