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