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