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