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