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