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