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