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