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