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