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