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