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