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