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