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