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