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