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