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