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