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