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