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