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