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