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