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