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