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