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