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