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