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