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