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