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