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