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