PDF Property Attributes

The attribute descriptions help you to enter the appropriate attribute values while creating a PDF Property setting for the Publishing Settings Library Template (PLT) or Assembly Specific Publishing Settings Library (APL).

Required information is indicated by an asterisk (*).

Attribute Description
Output PDF Property* Defines the target PDF Property in the output document. The value should be unique within a Publishing Settings Library (PLT) or Assembly Specific Publishing Settings Library (APL). Values available for selection are all active values from the Data Administration > PDF Properties section, where Target Property is set to Yes.

If the Output PDF Property value for both the Leaf and the APL is the same, the Leaf-specific PDF Property setting will replace the inherited APL PDF Property setting.

PDF Property Source* Defines the source for the PDF Property. The values available for selection are the following:
  • Define Repeatable Value - Applies a defined value as the PDF property, values are obtained from all assigned documents. The PDF Properties are distinguished by a defined separator.
  • Define Single Value - Applies a defined value as the PDF Properties, the value is obtained only from the first assigned document.
  • Use Source Document Property - Applies a defined PDF Property from all assigned documents. The PDF Properties are distinguished by a defined separator.
Source Document Property Defines the PDF Property in source documents to be used as a source for the PDF Property in the output document. Values available for selection are all active values from the Data Administration > PDF Properties section, where Source Property is set to Yes. The following default values are available for selection:
  • Author
  • Keywords
  • Title
  • Subject

This field appears and is required only when PDF Property Source is set to Use Source Document Property.

Separator User defined separator to distinguish values from individual documents within a leaf. To support the use of spaces and newline breaks, the following text patterns must be used:
  • //space - Space character will be inserted as a separator
  • //newline - New line will be started.

The effect of the new line break will be visible from the PDF viewer for multi-line fields only. This field does not appear when PDF Property Source is set to Define Single Value.

Value Defines the value for the PDF Property in the output document. This field appears and is required only when PDF Property Source is set to Define Single Value or Define Repeatable Value.