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