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