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