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