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