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