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