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