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