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