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