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