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