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