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