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