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