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