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