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