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