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