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