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