PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Sample Output H3
Voluptua consequat sanctus tempor lorem accusam dolor ut diam nisl veniam. Dolore nonumy possim sed amet. Tempor aliquyam sadipscing vero at iusto aliquip aliquyam et exerci erat dolor ea in ipsum consequat labore. Clita gubergren elitr stet ipsum consetetur velit eirmod vulputate accusam. Sed vulputate sed et voluptua invidunt elitr diam dolor. Elit dolore feugait sed clita takimata erat et dolore consequat at.
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Sample Output H4
Aliquyam facilisis sanctus dolore zzril. Dolore vero est dolor sea et dolores. Vero stet exerci sit clita nostrud vero autem sed duo lorem magna lorem soluta duis est est. Te kasd dolor quis at dolor. Vero ipsum eos et magna ipsum kasd stet ut sit ipsum magna gubergren nonumy clita erat. Tempor sanctus consetetur illum sanctus erat exerci amet dolor sed. Et possim eirmod nonumy diam praesent eirmod kasd.
Iriure invidunt nulla duo at iusto sed. Consetetur diam ipsum dolore amet aliquam duo lorem blandit molestie dolor dolore vulputate labore sanctus accusam. Eirmod consectetuer aliquyam lorem tempor dolor illum dolor eos voluptua in ut praesent vero. Gubergren elitr ipsum rebum sadipscing sit vel dolor et est labore et no eos invidunt minim eu takimata. Et vero rebum lorem amet voluptua veniam tempor. Duis delenit aliquyam dolor gubergren kasd stet option magna in sed sanctus exerci tempor consetetur.
Sample Output H4
Consequat te facilisis aliquam sed gubergren erat tempor ipsum et justo nisl molestie accusam augue rebum diam. Sed et et gubergren ipsum euismod liber elit amet sed ut stet stet lorem invidunt nibh kasd. Sea praesent stet dolor gubergren rebum takimata sea consetetur elitr wisi diam dolore elitr accusam esse lorem ipsum. Invidunt dolore ut dolores dolor at nobis autem nonumy nulla ea dignissim sea voluptua nostrud takimata vulputate justo ipsum. Justo ipsum odio justo quis et et aliquyam ea veniam amet amet dolores ea accusam quis eos. Iriure magna sed consequat dolores veniam amet accusam facilisi magna vero. Aliquyam tempor esse rebum no et sanctus adipiscing et tempor clita accusam sed imperdiet. Ipsum justo nulla aliquyam ipsum et diam et est kasd cum invidunt elitr diam takimata nulla et sanctus. Nonummy sit consequat dolor in amet aliquip takimata erat.
Takimata sit diam luptatum magna dolore aliquyam voluptua voluptua ipsum dolore quis erat. Eos cum ea vel et euismod sit kasd ut et dolor rebum et invidunt. Clita dolor clita et justo est duo amet eum sadipscing ut dolor nonumy. Et sanctus ex. Invidunt duo et est clita stet magna vero accumsan praesent ut quis dolores sanctus sadipscing ullamcorper vel. Augue ea minim adipiscing ut facilisi accusam dolor. Ea facilisi dolore esse gubergren accusam eum augue justo et tation autem lorem dolor stet. Dolor dolor erat elitr ipsum et praesent labore odio gubergren ut suscipit lorem aliquyam sea sit te enim molestie.
Sample Output H3
Sed nostrud sadipscing hendrerit nulla eos esse ut no ea rebum lorem. Tempor dolores veniam no et kasd diam justo sit justo invidunt. No nulla dolor. Eirmod ea dolores. Hendrerit eos sed dignissim molestie ipsum sit amet no. Amet et quis accusam voluptua ut vero amet.
Hendrerit diam diam consetetur diam aliquip lorem dolore eirmod dolores et ea dolor ipsum no. Justo diam eos kasd rebum accumsan gubergren tation eos ea duis ullamcorper. Liber amet stet diam nostrud lorem. Nonumy blandit eum est sanctus dolore erat hendrerit est aliquyam at eos minim rebum. Et duis in at justo amet aliquyam est vel sanctus clita dolor consequat. Qui dolor dolor sed possim dolor dolor consetetur dolor aliquyam et nibh dolor.
Sample Output H4
Diam laoreet sadipscing dolor duo dolores feugait sed lorem ut no diam erat. Lorem ad sed sit sed accusam kasd placerat takimata et sed elit nonumy tation dolore. Takimata vero odio aliquyam lorem aliquip duo justo consequat blandit at sed rebum stet. Clita at takimata erat voluptua voluptua gubergren nonumy elit feugiat ipsum ipsum et. Ut sed et esse aliquyam duis eleifend eirmod dolores et vel amet kasd clita lobortis nonumy. Ut sit te dolores eos dolore nonumy quis tempor.
Sed autem nonumy eirmod dolor erat magna sanctus sadipscing eos ex ut aliquyam sea. Ullamcorper nonumy minim clita est nisl invidunt rebum sanctus dolor eu vero. Nonummy consetetur dolor no takimata sit dolor ut. Diam dolore ea. Et velit sit. Kasd iriure elitr et in amet consetetur at qui exerci nonumy vel lorem ut dolores accusam stet gubergren amet. Vel sed nihil eu takimata sed aliquyam lorem et eos est duis duo et sed elit. Dolor sed sadipscing. Et sit accumsan tation lorem sed sadipscing ea amet nibh sanctus amet. Nihil et et. Nulla sea dolor amet delenit ea.
Sample Output H4
Dolores et id duo est eos justo sanctus no diam takimata eos accusam takimata justo tempor labore molestie. Ipsum ipsum lorem tempor no aliquip lorem velit. Invidunt sanctus dolor takimata blandit dolores et clita praesent vel in odio. Amet gubergren et takimata. Sed luptatum eirmod esse clita aliquyam volutpat eos elitr dolores magna amet adipiscing sit ut.
Accusam tation dolor nonumy ut vero takimata aliquip tempor feugait et. Dolor vulputate labore ipsum sadipscing sit eos feugiat nonumy consetetur nulla volutpat amet at et eleifend et ipsum. Dolore esse rebum et stet. Est diam sed dolore aliquyam. Lorem augue clita. Sed stet vel facilisis et. Sed tation diam ipsum sit consetetur ipsum feugait et tempor diam et et dolor iusto dolores lorem. Eirmod gubergren magna dolor gubergren justo est et et vel tempor tempor invidunt velit ut no eum.
More Sample Output H2
Ea iusto facilisis nonumy dolore diam sadipscing. Sit sanctus ipsum duo. Sadipscing dolore eirmod augue magna quis commodo ut in sed kasd illum et eirmod dolor. Ex kasd sit justo et nonumy id in est ipsum tation dolores. Esse nibh aliquyam volutpat exerci id et sit ut sed aliquyam invidunt. Et nonumy dolor sea consetetur sit sed esse aliquyam dolores ipsum lorem diam eos nonumy augue vero et.
Sadipscing diam eu illum stet amet stet amet duo. Dolores lorem labore. Et amet at sit ut liber at ipsum accumsan ad diam justo iusto accusam dolore tempor dolor clita. Erat kasd et nonummy accusam consetetur lorem facilisi. Duo dolore labore enim. Accusam diam et nonumy diam vero blandit voluptua consetetur amet et cum augue placerat. Duo aliquyam sit velit nibh duo diam amet tempor cum dolor ut ipsum lorem congue. Aliquyam erat accusam consequat ea. Dolore et soluta sed nulla ea commodo te tempor amet. Amet takimata nonumy feugiat dolor eirmod ea luptatum.
Sample Output H3
Ex ullamcorper lorem dignissim voluptua veniam nulla diam sea mazim sed diam diam delenit magna eirmod. Eros iusto volutpat consetetur sit invidunt eleifend enim elitr. Gubergren justo sed takimata lorem no takimata erat erat et hendrerit magna eirmod sadipscing. Sed nulla dolores et congue suscipit illum facilisi duo. Erat facilisi elitr diam velit lorem ipsum labore lorem commodo velit duo. Sed blandit accusam vel consequat eirmod amet gubergren illum vero. Et sed duis te clita ut eum nostrud eos blandit accusam invidunt et. Velit feugiat dolor dolor ea duis erat gubergren. At eos diam vero rebum duo labore eum ad et ipsum rebum imperdiet sanctus sadipscing in wisi. Diam erat dolores accusam dolore est vero magna sed eu stet magna kasd rebum exerci accusam eos est et. Facilisis gubergren magna et et ipsum sit clita consetetur.
At et facilisi ipsum eleifend diam velit sed et amet dolore exerci dignissim autem. Voluptua ipsum tempor euismod dolore accusam nam eos consetetur dolores. Consetetur sed nonumy aliquam stet eirmod est invidunt sanctus ipsum. Kasd clita aliquyam dolor rebum nonumy nihil clita clita ipsum vero dolor magna dolor feugait. Sed accusam duo kasd rebum ut kasd erat vero nonummy. Tempor nonummy cum et. Amet dolore sed voluptua dolore delenit nibh sanctus vel consectetuer magna vulputate accusam ut. Diam odio aliquam consectetuer ipsum lorem tempor at eros sit qui.
Sample Output H4
Sed tation dolores praesent sanctus dolor erat ipsum. Consequat sed tincidunt consetetur et. Duis lorem mazim sea vero labore kasd duo kasd et nulla eos. Takimata labore at voluptua vero sea labore labore et rebum nonummy. Nonumy autem labore. Euismod lorem sea clita qui vel erat nonummy clita ipsum molestie gubergren gubergren sanctus nonummy ipsum vero. Sed in sea zzril cum tempor lorem.
Vulputate kasd molestie sit cum voluptua clita aliquip dolores aliquam gubergren diam dolore duis ut. Voluptua elitr vel. Gubergren ut dolores amet takimata lobortis minim delenit sed ea accusam. Dolores diam dolor minim dolore nonumy magna sea ea ut ad sed stet est vero. Elitr sit feugiat quis est gubergren takimata. Ad amet elit amet feugiat illum laoreet magna vel esse no et ea amet tempor. Veniam feugiat tempor invidunt eirmod assum.
Sample Output H4
Magna vel accusam diam sed sadipscing dolor sea ipsum suscipit ipsum clita autem ut. Praesent dolor eu ea quod amet est sed sadipscing consectetuer. Ipsum dolor et et et vero clita consetetur ea. Tation amet sed est velit. Ipsum sed sed elitr et euismod labore feugait ut at vero erat sed in sanctus facilisis quis. Sed euismod sed dolor at sed labore assum et diam elitr dolore mazim dolor takimata dolor.
Erat dolor luptatum iriure eros. Clita sadipscing qui praesent tempor sed sanctus dolor ad clita ea gubergren amet sanctus. Lobortis laoreet minim sanctus eirmod erat. Dolore nulla et vel sed justo justo et nulla rebum ea illum kasd vel eros et praesent. Et consetetur sea nibh dolor. Volutpat dolore eirmod vero et lorem diam laoreet takimata sed kasd nonumy duis at dolores tempor nihil. Sit sit amet iriure amet diam sed vero kasd quod nulla. Eirmod tempor et at aliquyam stet dolore vel diam nibh diam sanctus elitr.
Sample Output H3
Molestie aliquyam nibh eum hendrerit zzril adipiscing clita duis sit et ea illum. Sed tempor veniam. Amet ipsum vero takimata. Sit erat eirmod ipsum lorem et dolore dolores duo at et. Tempor ipsum stet elitr no accumsan nulla dignissim vero sed vel ipsum commodo ea et. Et gubergren blandit sit sit duo illum no ut ad.
Sit labore est et duo odio est vero. Amet in sit amet tempor. Eirmod vero sanctus iusto et quis sit ut voluptua dolor. Stet dolor et dolor diam magna dolor sanctus duo sed. Eos stet in amet at tincidunt dignissim justo at dolor no sed hendrerit invidunt sit diam est. Vel vel augue labore lorem et cum invidunt stet no gubergren lorem amet duo qui volutpat. Eros amet eu dolores iriure sit nam sit sed ex sed rebum ea iriure vero et sed dolor sed. Nonumy ea esse feugait eos enim eros feugiat elitr invidunt laoreet dolore.
Sample Output H4
Ipsum sit consetetur voluptua consetetur ipsum sed et sea lobortis at nonumy diam rebum ut et et amet ad. Clita eum sed justo clita diam et erat no lobortis sed sea sed praesent kasd nonumy. Dolor at aliquam eirmod. Sed sed dolor ut. Vel iriure justo.
No eros eos sanctus. Euismod consectetuer et aliquam stet vero et euismod. Dolor kasd molestie laoreet elitr enim feugait sadipscing dolor sanctus diam eleifend ipsum nulla sed placerat ut diam et. Ipsum commodo dolor tempor at at eirmod no sit stet dolore duo labore erat eirmod at at dolores sed. Amet et erat. Ut invidunt eos sanctus at sed. Labore sanctus in justo dolores dolores duo ipsum adipiscing diam nobis sadipscing iriure. Dolore et labore nonumy et minim ipsum stet elitr odio et ut elitr justo iriure justo eos et.
Sample Output H4
Ipsum adipiscing veniam ex. Accumsan nulla dignissim kasd ipsum autem et justo. Stet sit et adipiscing sadipscing eos laoreet accusam. Ut ut diam eum ipsum et ut sed dolore et zzril diam diam est ipsum. Sadipscing eos labore dignissim consetetur eos clita aliquip. Accusam est aliquyam eu feugait accumsan elitr diam sit et ea takimata amet te magna amet et. Amet vulputate zzril eos vel et lorem et no eirmod justo tempor clita eos magna sadipscing ut et amet. Sea dolore elitr sit accumsan ipsum tempor euismod diam dolor ipsum vulputate at takimata clita rebum. Dolores no kasd eu id labore est sed magna quis sadipscing voluptua. Duo eos consetetur nonumy. Dolor sit stet amet duo.
Nonumy clita ut at clita est consetetur dolores eos consetetur at diam luptatum eu. Diam gubergren nonummy ut duis. Accusam erat ipsum feugiat et. Kasd duo ullamcorper et feugait quis tempor suscipit labore molestie magna dolor suscipit lorem in labore sea tation. Sed consetetur lorem sed lorem vulputate autem assum et duo dolores nonummy sit veniam lorem labore. Ut at ut sit invidunt diam id adipiscing augue voluptua kasd ad sadipscing invidunt. Dolore erat erat diam takimata diam nisl nostrud voluptua at lorem vulputate. Takimata labore sed dignissim lorem amet ad dolore vero diam dolores et. Elitr invidunt ea molestie at aliquyam dolore ea commodo consequat dolore rebum. Est dolore eos sea tempor justo lobortis nonumy hendrerit commodo duo et veniam dolor diam esse. Nonumy clita nulla nihil.