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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Sample Output H3
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Sample Output H4
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Sample Output H4
No amet nulla aliquyam in takimata accusam duo. Sed eirmod sed consequat erat adipiscing et accumsan amet luptatum amet ipsum aliquyam stet est et aliquyam. Lorem magna ut ea ut justo quis magna. Sit sea sea nisl aliquip. Magna sit magna volutpat dolor stet eros consequat diam voluptua illum iriure facilisi aliquyam tempor vero est. Amet lorem iusto eum no et no eos ipsum magna eos sit elitr magna. Dolor lorem et hendrerit est et te aliquyam quis ipsum nonumy. Doming sanctus dolor et diam cum minim qui ipsum soluta dolor nam sit minim accusam ea.
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Sample Output H3
Veniam dolor labore at tation sed stet dolore magna mazim tempor sit molestie ipsum vel est consetetur duis. Diam rebum sed gubergren accusam dolores congue nonumy amet dolor dolores hendrerit possim dolores vero magna ex. Tincidunt lorem diam et duo lorem vel doming magna luptatum. Gubergren sed est elitr kasd adipiscing amet sit invidunt sit eos no diam erat ut. Ipsum molestie ut takimata eos erat sadipscing eleifend eos eos tempor wisi eos dolor at lorem magna. Ut eos nonummy.
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Sample Output H4
Sed elitr voluptua nonumy invidunt consetetur et imperdiet imperdiet et amet ipsum consetetur voluptua. Ipsum tempor rebum stet soluta. Diam lorem lorem ad clita accusam. Et dolor at. Consequat est amet enim lobortis congue elitr amet sed vero ea feugait labore vero.
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Sample Output H4
Sadipscing lorem adipiscing no sadipscing vero et dolore. Dolore ipsum aliquyam feugiat et et iusto. No et iriure mazim et duis ut nonumy invidunt aliquyam diam. Mazim voluptua sit kasd ipsum no. Takimata amet dolor erat ullamcorper vel.
Sed amet tempor rebum erat consetetur autem iriure vero justo vero vero consetetur dolor tempor. Consetetur labore lorem ipsum nonumy duo autem euismod et clita duo ipsum. Ipsum invidunt ipsum erat clita diam diam blandit amet clita nonumy sadipscing dolore lorem. Erat dolor dolores kasd. Suscipit ut in sit accumsan aliquyam nonumy eum duis consequat blandit sed duis sit et et diam amet. Aliquam sadipscing eirmod erat eos gubergren sadipscing vero sit sit.
More Sample Output H2
Nonumy justo erat dolor praesent erat. Et et velit et accusam stet tempor feugiat et ea ut consectetuer ipsum takimata ut nostrud zzril ut et. Aliquip et sanctus vero gubergren. Sed sea diam duo duis et lorem at lorem duo eum consetetur et takimata delenit magna voluptua elitr vero. Sea sea consetetur stet dolor duo elitr clita et takimata diam clita nonumy accusam. Justo nonumy ipsum ipsum dolore sed facilisis duo labore. Suscipit justo enim labore magna possim vel.
Sadipscing diam rebum facilisis accusam sadipscing eu voluptua ut dolore vero. Nonumy sit lorem dolore hendrerit sed sanctus. No aliquyam iriure kasd ut sed lorem sadipscing diam tincidunt ipsum. Clita ipsum sed diam ut eum sed consetetur dolor. Tempor adipiscing sadipscing amet ad eos ipsum dolore sit eros. Lobortis adipiscing stet dolores lorem elitr rebum sadipscing tempor. Lorem ipsum erat iusto diam dolor nisl. Sit amet amet vero voluptua sadipscing takimata sit diam gubergren diam amet consequat vel at lorem. Invidunt rebum lorem et eos dolore amet consequat magna eirmod molestie. Vero hendrerit facer laoreet nonumy amet voluptua nonummy hendrerit est dignissim ullamcorper soluta ipsum et commodo sed ut invidunt. Voluptua magna ut diam sed dolor in dolores enim clita id sanctus lorem odio et.
Sample Output H3
Diam sea dolor lorem at duis magna consetetur accumsan. Et enim autem nostrud placerat ut et lorem elitr. Tempor ea eirmod tempor quis dolores minim at duis suscipit dolor ipsum consectetuer dolor tempor dolores. Vero duo et tempor gubergren dolores labore odio et feugiat odio ipsum est. Et et ea dolor justo dolor. Tation sed justo consequat augue justo lorem ut sed sit. At rebum gubergren invidunt in gubergren consetetur ut. Ipsum ipsum justo consetetur et erat elit aliquyam voluptua dolore augue duo duis amet duis at ipsum dolore enim. Nulla et sed aliquyam lorem eum diam duis.
Nonumy ut dolor adipiscing lorem duo ipsum at kasd ut ipsum eos laoreet et et duo erat delenit. Elitr nonumy lorem vel justo elitr qui augue hendrerit consetetur erat assum invidunt sit. Kasd accusam dolor kasd dolor aliquyam eos. Quis et rebum et clita adipiscing sea dolore eu amet invidunt nisl accusam labore iriure. Tempor ipsum est ut aliquyam magna veniam.
Sample Output H4
Aliquyam gubergren et vel duo duis rebum. Sanctus accumsan sit euismod qui sea rebum nonummy stet magna sed qui clita nonumy eos euismod. Nisl molestie at et sadipscing dolore consequat sit amet illum dolore. Rebum duis ad eos. Et sed nonumy diam facilisi takimata elitr possim dolores et accusam dolor. Elitr duis eos rebum dolore diam in dolor nulla sed consectetuer nibh magna te. Lorem ad luptatum iriure nihil diam eos ipsum labore erat kasd minim labore sit. Ea rebum ipsum lorem diam sed qui amet dolores.
Voluptua et tempor vero sed et magna blandit amet ut. Et ea aliquyam duo sea et dolores eirmod gubergren aliquip sit est diam sanctus nonummy feugiat. Erat ut amet eleifend justo consetetur rebum ipsum dolor sanctus sit accumsan ea dolores. Dolor nihil assum augue molestie accusam et sit amet sed ad. Aliquyam et voluptua et. Vero sadipscing takimata luptatum justo.
Sample Output H4
Et vero et elitr. Dolores et at assum quis consectetuer vel duo dolore magna dolores voluptua eirmod dolores et eirmod dolor ut esse. Qui sit amet elitr in amet aliquam sed eu takimata kasd est clita aliquyam. Erat takimata erat ut commodo nihil diam et no at ipsum. Dolor eos duo erat aliquyam sanctus dolore et ea lorem. Gubergren sed gubergren vel lorem id accusam illum. Elitr clita elitr ea consectetuer et accusam clita kasd invidunt sed duo facilisis eos volutpat.
Erat est consetetur aliquyam consequat sit. Vero blandit takimata takimata. Labore at tempor at labore lorem. Nonumy et nonummy suscipit takimata accusam amet. Sea consequat et ipsum vero est vero et lorem diam labore no duo veniam sed dolores autem ipsum labore. Facilisis lorem justo te dolor et laoreet voluptua ut et tempor sea eirmod et eos iriure. Commodo praesent lobortis vero vero facilisi gubergren consectetuer doming ipsum dolor magna.
Sample Output H3
Sadipscing tempor dolor dolores est kasd in ipsum tempor commodo lorem nonummy magna amet takimata vel enim sit duis. Sadipscing nulla sit esse lorem ea stet gubergren. Eos rebum kasd sadipscing ut consetetur et magna eirmod qui magna stet rebum ea. Sed rebum facilisis gubergren gubergren sit dolor feugait et vero dolores rebum at eos adipiscing suscipit commodo. Imperdiet magna ut tempor accusam takimata et vulputate rebum nulla et ex. Aliquyam et dolor no quis eirmod ipsum. Sed est cum facilisis ut takimata magna dolor lorem. Sit consequat aliquip tempor labore vero hendrerit sed blandit tempor eos. Vero eros stet.
Delenit lobortis nonumy accusam ut dolore stet est no consequat no est amet elitr hendrerit et dolor. Ipsum ipsum voluptua amet. Esse wisi eirmod ea dolor eirmod aliquyam elitr ea tincidunt duo amet no gubergren nisl amet. Esse magna at elitr. Ut labore eum ut accusam accusam eirmod gubergren et amet option eu.
Sample Output H4
Magna amet tempor dolores eu eos sadipscing amet dolore at magna est dolores. Ipsum duis amet takimata justo dolor duis tempor et sadipscing gubergren. Est sanctus et in. Erat eos labore aliquyam kasd ut. Rebum erat sed lobortis dolor et. Et laoreet amet duis no amet et te consequat odio dolore eros kasd.
Justo tempor illum at at ut et duo dolore tempor ipsum. Consetetur justo dolor no soluta lorem lorem ex est euismod feugiat facilisi elitr autem diam et elit. Duo et magna consetetur zzril et justo diam sit tempor illum eirmod. Et amet clita. Sed elitr elitr sadipscing dolore accusam dolor ea voluptua vero elitr dolore. Dolor diam lorem erat molestie et lorem lorem aliquip nulla.
Sample Output H4
Tempor ea eu et feugiat blandit kasd. Ea stet sed nonumy. Takimata ut vel erat accumsan dolore voluptua amet dolores diam tempor duo et et eos. Adipiscing tempor dolor dolor invidunt no aliquam dignissim dolore erat vero magna diam amet labore diam eleifend. Amet tempor magna accusam magna dolor dolores amet. Clita nibh duis vel feugiat. Duo ut nonummy. Et vero dolores. Diam sit aliquyam amet sit duo labore nonumy dolore dolores magna sed ut vel.
Lorem ea in in consetetur diam labore feugiat sanctus elitr sadipscing. Et kasd sed erat dolor dolore eum vero labore et dolore sed ut vero kasd magna aliquip est ipsum. Elitr ipsum placerat at dolor voluptua eirmod invidunt stet eu sea lorem id ipsum rebum sed. Esse clita aliquyam elitr eirmod ipsum vero sed stet. Tempor erat tempor magna takimata eirmod sed nonumy invidunt et molestie sit. Molestie takimata consetetur tempor accusam enim soluta magna no possim justo et. Takimata diam tempor erat dolores dolor nonumy possim amet takimata id. Aliquip ea nisl stet vero dignissim sadipscing diam gubergren vero duo. Nisl tempor nonumy gubergren sed.