Document Properties

This panel shows the properties of the document you are working on. Some of these properties are locked and are only displayed for information.

These fields are locked, and are filled in if this document is being edited by someone other than who created it:

Document Title
The ORIGINAL document title.
Document Author
The ORIGINAL document author.
Original Source Data XML
These fields can be edited according to the user preference for the layout:
Generate PDF font mode
This is to ensure that the fonts you used are supported on other systems.
Allowed values:
  • None

    Generate the PDF with no accompanying fonts.

  • Subset

    Generate the PDF with the fonts that you used. This value is recommended.

  • Full

    Generate the PDF with all supported fonts.

Output format
Follows the {"outputformat":{"value":"<VALUE>"}} format.
Valid values include:
  • PDF
  • PDFA
Paper Size
Follows the {"papersize":{"value":"<VALUE>"}} format.
Valid values include:
  • A3
  • A4
  • A5
  • B4
  • B5
  • EXECUTIVE
  • FOLIO
  • LEDGER
  • LEGAL
  • LETTER
  • ENVELOPE_DL
  • QUARTO
  • STATEMENT
  • TABLOID
  • PAPER_10_X_14
  • PAPER_11_X_17
Orientation
Follows the {"orientation":{"value":"<VALUE>"}} format.

Valid values include:

  • PORTRAIT
  • LANDSCAPE
Watermarks

Follows this format:

{"watermarks":[{"field1a":"VALUE1a","field1b":"VALUE1b","field1c":"VALUE1c","field1d":"VALUE1d",...} , {"field2a":"VALUE2a","field2b":"VALUE2b","field2c":"VALUE2c","field2d":"VALUE2d",...},... ]} .

You can add multiple watermarks. This table shows some of the valid fields and their values:
Field Value Description
xpath XPath An XPath from your content source; the only required value.
color "red": x, "green": y, "blue": z Where x, y, and z are numbers from 0-255 that signify the saturations of red, green, and blue.
fontSize Any positive integer Specifies how big the text is.
fontFamily The name of a font The font of the text
textRotation 0-360 The degree to which the text is rotated
These are examples of valid watermark inputs:
  • {"watermarks":[{"xpath":"/M3OutDocument/Watermark/@Label","color": {"red": 192, "green": 0, "blue": 0},"fontSize": 60,"fontFamily": "Times new roman","textRotation": -35},{"text":"DRAFT","textRotation":0}]}
  • {"watermarks":[{"text":"TEST","color": {"red": 192, "green": 0, "blue": 0},"fontSize": 60,"fontFamily": "Times new roman","textRotation": -35},{"text":"DRAFT","textRotation":0}]}