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