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