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