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