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
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Sample Output H4
Veniam hendrerit vel gubergren magna sit aliquyam aliquyam et est augue ea diam nonummy luptatum wisi labore eum magna. Nonumy sanctus at ipsum ipsum stet volutpat commodo ipsum amet duo molestie ipsum gubergren takimata stet euismod lorem. Sadipscing quis sanctus duo takimata nonumy eirmod kasd eos labore voluptua consetetur. Ut vero erat tempor ea stet at dolor. Imperdiet consetetur lorem liber kasd stet dolor et lorem. Erat et lobortis facilisis dolore tation ipsum stet ea dolor invidunt sit diam vero lorem duo facilisis. Magna lorem stet et accusam ut stet clita veniam sit sed at amet kasd dolor dolore. Vulputate stet stet. Ipsum nibh amet et et ea et dolores wisi rebum et. Lorem amet eirmod magna facilisis amet aliquyam minim et sadipscing consequat esse nonumy in no.
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Sample Output H4
Iriure id duo clita duo sit ullamcorper at nostrud dolore takimata consequat. Consetetur voluptua assum dolore et. Accusam et magna amet nonummy sit. Consequat sed illum eos lorem dolor eros ex et ut tempor. Dolor amet consequat duo vero justo elitr ipsum gubergren takimata sed labore vero lorem.
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Sample Output H3
Stet duis odio id eos facilisi sed stet et lorem amet gubergren consectetuer ut dolor facilisi euismod voluptua. Labore ea volutpat. Nulla sit et sed no duo lorem eos amet rebum ipsum takimata in eirmod. Duo lorem assum. Sit lorem laoreet stet no invidunt odio dolore lorem et.
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Sample Output H4
Consectetuer takimata voluptua vero et sit suscipit imperdiet elitr magna elitr duo tempor est et amet wisi. Commodo sadipscing amet ut sadipscing ut diam eirmod vulputate erat illum consequat illum. Vulputate aliquyam dolore facilisi ipsum lobortis et sed accusam possim. Euismod lorem et accusam dolor sed et. Diam takimata sed eum et ad sed justo magna no nibh ea duis dolore est vero sanctus. Blandit vulputate kasd sit ut accusam kasd accusam diam ad sanctus commodo velit. Exerci amet sanctus erat sadipscing ut et amet sit consectetuer sit aliquam. Vero tempor sed dolore. Ipsum vero voluptua sit elitr ex amet eros labore. Diam ea augue autem eirmod no accumsan sit et tation dolor et voluptua suscipit nonumy consetetur id esse. Sanctus ut no magna molestie eirmod ea in sea et vero erat sit labore labore dolores dolore tempor eirmod.
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Sample Output H4
Laoreet tempor est augue est vero et. Et dolor dolore et et justo eirmod stet eirmod laoreet vulputate consequat sit accusam diam diam eirmod ea. Et et dolor aliquip. Nonumy voluptua soluta lorem hendrerit ea sadipscing commodo ut dolore eos sed vero. Takimata et et rebum kasd et sit gubergren blandit et dolor consequat no in in dolore sanctus ea sanctus. Sadipscing diam dignissim nonumy.
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More Sample Output H2
Doming odio at aliquip eos. Sanctus accusam wisi invidunt voluptua sadipscing dolore elit takimata gubergren sed no aliquyam at sea. Gubergren ut gubergren volutpat. Delenit tempor eos elitr suscipit feugiat sed diam no elitr est sanctus vero takimata. Dolore ut diam ipsum diam duo et eirmod autem in. Vero amet ex dolore diam. Ut ipsum diam et et consetetur ipsum magna gubergren ea amet duo justo aliquyam takimata et. Lorem consequat vel facilisi sed vel in et sit autem et eos dolor sadipscing lorem. Sed esse diam feugiat te elitr rebum eos in sadipscing labore possim invidunt sed at. No aliquyam aliquyam vero wisi. Et molestie nobis amet invidunt aliquyam vel nulla.
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Sample Output H3
Tincidunt praesent sea ut invidunt dolore sed ea nihil duo dolores elitr. Diam et lorem clita dolor eirmod takimata consectetuer sea. Sanctus magna ipsum accusam justo erat accusam amet amet ut dolore praesent commodo consetetur sed dolor sed. Diam et aliquyam in nulla. Magna eu accusam consequat erat consequat magna ipsum labore. Soluta erat wisi eirmod eos tempor diam erat duo nulla. Lobortis sadipscing vel accusam aliquam no minim lorem lorem consetetur stet dolor accusam diam molestie. Justo sit vel et consectetuer. Tempor nostrud eirmod tempor ullamcorper eos.
Magna consetetur sanctus nonumy mazim exerci accumsan duo lorem invidunt lorem amet lorem sit in qui amet dolor. Duis takimata dolores eu tempor in vero est eirmod et diam volutpat. Voluptua sea stet amet amet at diam aliquyam. Invidunt dolor amet ut autem duo liber et ea kasd nostrud eirmod lorem nonumy aliquyam exerci et. Wisi ipsum dignissim dolores dolore takimata ipsum vero sed in. Dolore qui dolores invidunt dolore et. Sanctus invidunt elitr tincidunt amet. Congue est est dolores autem invidunt enim at voluptua voluptua rebum voluptua amet justo dolores lorem tempor vero. Duo sit sed elitr clita ea tempor amet rebum diam duo doming consetetur invidunt. Lorem magna sit consectetuer dolor lorem et at stet dolor stet. Erat lorem et duo ea justo magna enim sit qui stet minim invidunt suscipit.
Sample Output H4
Justo sea dolore et feugait magna ex ut consequat ut autem eos erat laoreet. Ad sed sit sea imperdiet adipiscing accusam esse facilisis sit qui commodo dolores vel sea sit. Labore aliquip no lorem vel sit esse. Labore dolor sit. Hendrerit sea et dolor lorem amet accusam duo.
Sanctus dolores in lorem eos est ipsum consectetuer justo erat sed odio in aliquyam. Eum diam suscipit rebum gubergren ut elit et sed et. Duo diam adipiscing consectetuer invidunt diam vero exerci dolore quis invidunt et feugiat et qui velit consequat. Illum invidunt diam possim illum gubergren eos stet est est labore takimata dolor nostrud et labore suscipit gubergren. Enim elitr dolores dolor diam et ipsum elitr elit magna magna voluptua erat tempor magna wisi sit ut sed.
Sample Output H4
Quis eos in justo vero esse stet eros sit. Sit nostrud esse aliquyam sit dolor diam quis et. Sit veniam praesent et erat amet et gubergren. Ut ipsum ut. Lorem est et consetetur sed ut ea diam wisi dolore liber. Adipiscing eum sed ut justo takimata consetetur. Eirmod et dolor et et diam consetetur illum aliquyam eu sed dolor qui. Sea at diam.
Et accusam in eos diam stet nam erat ipsum commodo ipsum in ad magna duo consequat ut dolor rebum. Tempor elitr nulla gubergren autem sadipscing gubergren lorem. Takimata zzril sed et amet justo sanctus. Dolore takimata dolore at dolore invidunt est dolore vero et accusam lorem dolores sed et magna suscipit. Amet sed feugiat sea. Ipsum nam consequat rebum dolore dolore dolore invidunt. Sed hendrerit accusam duis ipsum ut no sit. Sed ullamcorper aliquip nonumy delenit dolores zzril hendrerit kasd elitr justo. Magna amet stet et nostrud.
Sample Output H3
No et elitr elit eirmod dolores euismod diam accusam erat nonummy accumsan molestie eos eu assum. Duo stet elitr aliquyam duis takimata. Justo et dolor diam diam erat eirmod stet. Diam sed accusam invidunt erat duis magna nonumy in doming dolor ut duo lobortis liber consequat kasd ut sanctus. Aliquyam justo kasd rebum duis clita et consectetuer consetetur eirmod dolore diam rebum. Vero sed iriure ut ex et sea ipsum suscipit nonumy. Clita labore magna magna et sed amet nobis dolores dolore no nulla sea nulla sit facer sed erat ea. Takimata aliquyam sed magna ea eirmod diam justo dolore tempor diam feugiat et dolor duo diam ullamcorper dolor facilisis. Euismod eirmod aliquyam nulla ea tation molestie consetetur duo. Et feugait takimata ea est takimata gubergren sit dolores amet labore voluptua illum erat est autem sea sanctus ut. Magna et dolore sea volutpat justo.
Dolore laoreet ut vel dolor duis dolor dolor et. Dolor facilisis duo exerci dolores ut. Amet est sit vulputate sit dolores. Ut amet sit autem gubergren ipsum ad invidunt. Option et minim voluptua et at. Takimata et diam. No magna sanctus elitr ullamcorper lorem et duo rebum elitr est ut ut laoreet diam sanctus dolore consetetur elitr. Voluptua kasd tincidunt tempor nonumy eos no eos et et sed dolore. Dolores aliquam nonumy diam in eirmod euismod et option et sanctus te odio takimata. Quod justo et dolore magna molestie vero dolore. Dolor lorem elit sed in voluptua amet sit lorem sea lorem amet tempor et sanctus nonumy autem.
Sample Output H4
Accumsan consequat nonummy dolores ea est aliquyam et dolore gubergren. Odio elitr vero amet labore velit invidunt labore vero esse kasd sanctus takimata rebum lorem eirmod. Dolore enim voluptua aliquip rebum dolor hendrerit invidunt sadipscing tempor. Tempor clita ipsum clita sed et liber. Consetetur clita augue dolores rebum gubergren. Eos ipsum minim accusam et clita volutpat consetetur justo. Labore dolor tation veniam dolore duo erat lorem placerat invidunt kasd labore lorem ea vero.
Clita clita et dolor kasd sed consequat ut sed dignissim accusam ipsum accusam lorem. Ut sea takimata exerci ipsum dolore dolore ut dolor nihil. Vero vero vulputate ipsum ex nihil ad tempor est vero dolor diam vero. Kasd sed et delenit takimata dolor volutpat sed hendrerit lorem. Sed dolor gubergren kasd amet duo et lorem in dolores vero duis aliquyam.
Sample Output H4
Lorem dolore consequat ad eirmod duo aliquam rebum eirmod sed nonumy diam sed no. Gubergren dolore eros eros no amet blandit. Eirmod accumsan vero diam duo adipiscing tempor at sadipscing no ipsum justo justo. Erat amet eos et labore et et duis consetetur sed diam eu et sed sea ipsum. Sadipscing vel elitr aliquyam est stet diam luptatum eleifend sit illum sit magna elit exerci accusam diam. Kasd tempor tempor dolores amet nonumy nibh aliquyam. Sit tempor est eum labore invidunt aliquyam est dolore facilisis lorem sea magna sit sanctus aliquip lobortis tempor. Stet gubergren ex erat lorem laoreet at dolor sea. Vulputate dolor sit vero et diam quis dolor diam amet. Sit et vulputate amet eos rebum.
Magna et takimata ex. Et rebum erat ut. Sadipscing sadipscing esse est erat sed molestie dolores et wisi ea. Sanctus ipsum lorem no stet laoreet eros consequat sadipscing no sed. Sed euismod gubergren ut diam sea ipsum nonummy tempor.