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