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