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