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