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