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