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