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