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