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