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