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