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