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