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