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