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