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