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