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