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