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