PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Sample Output H3
Stet hendrerit sit. Illum delenit et sit duo. Invidunt dolore eos diam. Duo esse ut est clita et exerci et sed ea ex magna invidunt enim eirmod duis sadipscing eu wisi. Amet feugiat est elitr minim dolore ut hendrerit magna consetetur et elitr voluptua te justo amet. Ullamcorper erat at iusto nostrud velit aliquyam diam sed diam invidunt aliquyam dolor sadipscing. Invidunt ipsum et consequat blandit dolore kasd aliquyam clita et consequat sit euismod. Sanctus amet amet eirmod elitr dolor dolor sea molestie suscipit sed no ipsum. Vero lorem ad aliquyam dolor sanctus.
Sit sed amet. Dolore blandit ut iusto. Est consectetuer lorem tincidunt sadipscing hendrerit sed. Et feugiat et et. Iriure at labore feugiat ea eirmod accusam in amet vero eu diam facilisi aliquyam iusto dolore.
Sample Output H4
Ipsum aliquyam invidunt invidunt sea lorem tempor labore at et et sed vero magna enim in. At voluptua vel ea. Justo dolore facer stet et consequat tempor aliquyam ipsum imperdiet ipsum stet stet lorem. Sea praesent ut vel labore magna lorem accusam vero vel sea sed invidunt nulla. Suscipit lorem tempor dolores elit lorem ea quis sed lobortis eu kasd duo hendrerit liber. Takimata ipsum consetetur amet et hendrerit sed dolore est justo euismod gubergren aliquyam. Vero labore ipsum eirmod sed ea diam sit duo placerat minim nonumy takimata nonumy tempor et magna erat amet. Aliquam voluptua sea dolore mazim facilisis no accusam nulla kasd kasd ipsum sed ea dolore vel sea magna. Clita justo kasd labore dignissim nobis ut dignissim sit amet. Aliquyam rebum zzril sed veniam ipsum diam possim delenit sit sanctus sanctus. Nulla illum rebum at sed hendrerit facilisi clita labore sit amet et.
Suscipit magna eos consetetur erat at sit. Aliquyam aliquip et eos sit. Vulputate invidunt diam no stet diam laoreet. Tempor nonumy erat elitr sanctus laoreet sanctus molestie et consetetur lorem sanctus diam accumsan lorem duo diam. Diam dolor ut stet. Sit ut tempor vel dolor takimata invidunt et no ut. Euismod augue autem odio ipsum hendrerit sit vero dolores at justo quis ea. Sed nonumy tempor et nulla nonumy eirmod. Accumsan vero luptatum aliquam erat sea nulla aliquyam at diam accusam at magna sed lorem sanctus. Nonummy dolor hendrerit vel dolor enim rebum dolor feugiat velit duo eu iusto lorem erat nulla suscipit lorem est.
Sample Output H4
Augue tincidunt sit est vel aliquyam et accusam sed dolor ea magna est sed. No id erat gubergren sit sed eos. Nostrud eos dignissim duo sadipscing zzril quod vero lorem. Feugait dolores elitr eum voluptua consetetur molestie odio sit labore ut duo aliquam dolores sed dolor stet. At consetetur dolore et. Eirmod dolor eos ea nibh amet et nonumy amet eirmod sit dolore kasd rebum ea. Invidunt at magna diam lorem liber stet clita ipsum facer volutpat ipsum eu dolore accusam amet. Ut est sed dolor erat sea nam gubergren consetetur diam amet vero. Dolores diam sed. Nonumy invidunt lorem ipsum duo ex eirmod. Clita diam commodo accusam euismod eum dolores aliquyam sed voluptua no sea sit facilisi et consetetur esse.
Duo sanctus ea ut quod vero sanctus sadipscing. Enim est dolores est accusam diam sit duo no et tempor amet imperdiet erat gubergren diam duo. Diam et laoreet gubergren clita diam ut possim nonumy diam illum lorem et wisi accusam labore. Eos no lorem justo sed at delenit. Ea et magna accusam sed nonumy molestie facilisis sit ea diam nulla cum elitr. Et amet sit tempor justo lorem erat qui facilisi dolor minim tempor magna stet dolor dolore sed takimata. Zzril nulla eirmod wisi duis facilisis sit consequat facilisis. Eum molestie dolor magna nonumy ut. Erat et sit dolor euismod dolore sed mazim dolore sit soluta minim dolor ipsum tempor.
Sample Output H3
Vel vero dignissim dolores. Sed duo laoreet sea lorem et te et. Elitr sed labore dolor. Sed consequat tempor ut suscipit voluptua stet at luptatum labore sed labore takimata rebum eirmod suscipit elit lorem dolor. Hendrerit sed hendrerit vel eos delenit ipsum dolor amet eros adipiscing commodo. Dolores sadipscing illum facilisi takimata labore diam eros lorem et facilisi feugiat sit voluptua iriure consetetur et sadipscing. Dolore consetetur sanctus dolor sea ipsum ut diam sanctus consetetur delenit est et.
Diam accusam in ipsum elitr ea kasd magna velit sea autem lorem autem lorem. Vero vero blandit clita labore sea velit sed eos lorem lobortis consetetur augue autem justo delenit takimata et. Lorem eos tempor laoreet duo et nam stet laoreet sadipscing consetetur lorem et invidunt at dignissim. Est ipsum ullamcorper sed commodo aliquyam dolore. Et est illum labore esse clita no dolore adipiscing justo aliquyam. Accusam ea eirmod dolor amet ut autem. Voluptua tempor vero laoreet sed amet consetetur no elit clita ipsum consetetur sit gubergren magna diam. Aliquyam eirmod ea labore amet nonumy sit sit lorem diam invidunt kasd dolor sit amet dolore eos diam.
Sample Output H4
No sanctus sit justo lorem clita justo luptatum. Aliquip kasd lorem. Eirmod et rebum et nonumy est eos takimata. Erat magna takimata commodo labore et accusam stet sed lorem ipsum dolore. At invidunt sit ut magna in et gubergren stet at dolore sit voluptua magna invidunt ipsum.
Ut consetetur ex voluptua dolor nonummy et ipsum lorem erat vero laoreet lobortis takimata. Et diam erat. Consetetur at sadipscing tempor duo adipiscing sanctus tincidunt dolore no ut ut rebum sit in consequat esse elit lorem. Sit amet sed ut vero invidunt erat invidunt voluptua et lorem diam. Kasd ut no sed takimata et sea dolores sanctus nonumy sadipscing duo gubergren no tincidunt et. Ut sanctus elitr feugiat tempor gubergren dolor no rebum ipsum stet.
Sample Output H4
Stet est amet kasd lorem enim erat. Eu nobis accusam lorem consetetur amet labore illum. Sed dolor dolore gubergren sit. Ipsum te eos facilisi minim et at. Lorem dolor nulla. Eirmod laoreet lorem est takimata elitr accusam eirmod est accusam amet elitr molestie clita no. Et ea nonumy rebum stet ut autem justo minim voluptua dolor et praesent. Placerat ut dolor tempor amet clita zzril accusam invidunt diam. Delenit at diam diam no elitr option eos ipsum stet labore at stet. Zzril vulputate stet sea magna accumsan gubergren lorem vero congue delenit voluptua ipsum et ipsum sed consectetuer feugait. Justo vel eos iusto sadipscing ut blandit ut luptatum eirmod nisl sea iriure ut eos magna sanctus.
Sadipscing duo erat sed dolor duis. Eirmod consetetur eu voluptua duis sit vero diam sadipscing autem sit duo hendrerit eos. Velit eleifend et dolor diam ipsum ipsum vero volutpat et eum lorem dolores dolor nonumy est elit. Amet duis vero et diam esse sea dolores blandit sed consetetur rebum aliquyam vel accumsan. Nibh nihil kasd ipsum sanctus consetetur invidunt eirmod clita sit duo dolor hendrerit aliquyam est id.
More Sample Output H2
Eum doming labore dolor ullamcorper erat. Vero nisl elitr aliquyam accusam est eirmod aliquyam et. Kasd exerci consequat lorem vel gubergren lobortis no diam et illum et nonumy at amet sadipscing adipiscing. Rebum takimata clita. Et esse et in.
Sed quis tempor sanctus aliquam sed at dolore sanctus esse et ut duo elitr ut. Sit eos rebum dolores rebum sed vero amet dolores stet accumsan eos stet dolor. Consetetur sed aliquyam et kasd duo takimata eirmod clita augue duo liber sadipscing lorem erat diam dignissim ipsum. Hendrerit illum exerci gubergren. Dolor est consetetur amet. Diam invidunt vulputate sea ut facilisis et nam.
Sample Output H3
No lobortis amet consequat est duis elitr magna. Tempor et nonumy et ut nonummy accusam dolor eirmod dolore accusam nonumy sed stet sit at sea lorem. Amet magna vero soluta diam clita magna dolore exerci diam ipsum et sanctus vero rebum vero dolor. Ipsum rebum magna sit sit eu lorem iusto lorem dolores id lorem duis feugiat ipsum kasd. Quod erat aliquyam clita sea in dolore stet kasd et. Et zzril voluptua nonumy in. Lobortis molestie amet lorem at. Eos eos sea.
Suscipit erat vero justo consetetur eirmod velit diam vel lorem amet at et gubergren labore. Labore odio magna elitr dignissim diam dolor sit feugiat amet accusam. Labore takimata nisl amet tincidunt vero nonumy dolore no aliquam accusam clita. Clita clita sanctus nostrud consetetur sit magna diam enim dolor praesent ut et dolor justo. Augue esse amet dolor et minim at ea erat autem nulla amet molestie at.
Sample Output H4
Sit justo sea erat dolor. In duis sea et justo no lorem. Accusam eirmod lorem et dolore eum iusto rebum dolor duo dignissim no no enim amet. Tempor vero dolore dolores. Ipsum hendrerit diam rebum voluptua ea ut facilisi vero hendrerit et veniam clita elitr sed et rebum.
Sed magna blandit sea sadipscing iusto dolor eos dolores accusam elitr nonummy sed tempor voluptua blandit sit dolore. Lobortis duis est sanctus sed voluptua et ipsum dolor. Exerci feugiat laoreet ipsum clita velit takimata justo. Ipsum placerat nisl amet dolores tempor magna kasd aliquyam vero tempor at. Elitr voluptua at in takimata at tincidunt consectetuer.
Sample Output H4
Diam stet sea nonumy. Dolores ea erat amet duo vero duo invidunt sit sit tempor dignissim aliquyam. Et sadipscing enim nihil sed. Amet et aliquyam dolore ut consetetur et diam. Rebum vero gubergren erat te augue sed sadipscing.
Duo eros tempor vero in eirmod aliquyam. Wisi eirmod ea in accumsan aliquyam invidunt diam consetetur no lorem illum ut takimata. Invidunt aliquip sed sed takimata ex ea elitr amet nonummy et gubergren clita aliquyam luptatum ipsum. Amet sit tempor nonumy justo odio duo erat clita accusam. Ea sed accusam invidunt kasd ipsum ut dignissim stet gubergren dolore ullamcorper et sit labore et.
Sample Output H3
At gubergren diam kasd vel dolor eirmod ut ut et ipsum diam ea sit et. Sit et sanctus tempor duis tincidunt erat clita lobortis tempor rebum at tempor sadipscing justo vulputate dolore dolor. Clita voluptua lobortis consetetur ad ipsum vero dolores consequat accusam ipsum sed ut nulla gubergren wisi clita. Ea lobortis ea ea. At et laoreet.
Sadipscing ipsum tempor stet lorem vero. Accumsan elitr sed exerci at. Consetetur eros elitr duo at diam dolores possim eum sea nonummy dolores sed sanctus. Kasd erat diam sed sit in accumsan et minim eos dolore. Iusto quod in dolor et at gubergren et vero eos. Sed eirmod veniam rebum duo takimata nulla sit delenit dolor diam. Rebum aliquip ut takimata sit ex nonumy nihil amet duo amet amet sit praesent. Amet elitr aliquyam wisi nonumy lorem possim. Ut suscipit stet sed kasd dolore te. Erat erat sit. Amet ipsum dolores dolor.
Sample Output H4
Amet nostrud sanctus vulputate labore kasd commodo sit et lorem dolore enim est dolor sadipscing facilisis nonumy volutpat no. Et minim invidunt elitr consequat vel illum nonumy eirmod at voluptua exerci dolore. Sadipscing diam aliquyam diam volutpat dolor et rebum elit et sadipscing elit sed ut soluta et. Dolore dolore diam dolor quis nibh et invidunt labore adipiscing diam minim erat sed consetetur esse labore dolor. Duis illum lorem rebum eos no ut amet ea accusam id sit. Commodo sadipscing consetetur diam elitr vero nihil justo zzril tempor vulputate amet clita accusam aliquip. Et amet sanctus. Tempor sanctus commodo.
Sit eirmod sed diam labore. Lobortis magna facer gubergren invidunt labore et. Gubergren tempor ipsum duo dolore adipiscing facilisis kasd liber ea lorem magna voluptua in. Ut aliquyam facilisis augue ut at invidunt justo erat dolore erat erat ipsum diam. Minim nulla dolores vel aliquyam erat nonumy eirmod amet wisi. Diam aliquip voluptua ipsum ipsum dolore justo aliquyam est duis takimata erat clita duo at duo consetetur et. Blandit autem est amet invidunt tempor rebum et sadipscing est. Sed consequat erat amet aliquip cum elitr nonumy erat sit iriure labore ut kasd nulla sea velit dolores. Kasd quis duo ipsum et eum esse suscipit diam facilisis eirmod labore. In no lobortis at.
Sample Output H4
Rebum diam voluptua liber. Congue takimata vero justo ut dolor nonumy no nonumy nonumy consetetur sit. Takimata stet lorem justo lorem invidunt erat in feugiat consectetuer. Vel labore aliquyam duo sed dolore ea labore. No sed no eos wisi accusam veniam dolores congue consetetur accusam eirmod sea dolores invidunt elit sea facilisis. Feugait gubergren justo dolores diam sed vel eum dolores consetetur elit velit suscipit diam sadipscing amet consequat. Lorem aliquam iriure et sadipscing sed tempor delenit stet dolor et consetetur ipsum ut sed sea.
Nonumy vero in consetetur accusam dolore amet. Duo takimata illum eos dolore nobis et sed elitr takimata elit lorem dolores erat. At et sea feugait justo sed at. Commodo aliquip dolore vel nulla duis est commodo accusam minim. Eos no labore takimata dolor esse eos vel sed. Autem no duo. Feugiat nostrud facilisis clita ea est et sadipscing magna erat lorem eos takimata vero diam est et nulla justo.