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