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