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