I once read about an option for hyperref that automatically takes the info provided via the standard \author and \title, and puts it into the pdfinfo. Now I want to implement it in my template and can't find it anywhere in the hyperref manual nor anywhere else.
Did I dream about this or can someone help me out here?
(A similar, but more general question: Is hyperref really the best way to add metadata to a TeX file?)
The option is pdfusetitle. It is described in the hyperref README file.
\usepackage[pdfusetitle]{hyperref} and not as \hypersetup{pdfusetitle} though.
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May 2, 2011 at 22:11
Package hyperref Warning: Option `pdfusetitle' has already been used, setting the option has no effect on input line 44. and has no effect (in that the PDF has no title or author set automatically).
Commented
Jul 15, 2015 at 12:48
pdfusetitle was set too late. It needs to be set at package loading time (\usepackage).
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Oct 30, 2016 at 17:00
You could also use
\makeatletter
\hypersetup{pdftitle={\@title},pdfauthor={\@author}}
\makeatother
(edit: makeat* pointed out by Joseph Wright)
pdfusetitle fails -- the readme says it "tries to derive the values", so a failure for whatever reason apparently can't be excluded.
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May 3, 2011 at 15:18
\makeatletter be called before (and \makeatother after) \hypersetup{...} or separately for each argument? Considering that I have up to nine or ten arguments for \hypersetup and considering how mighty and thus dangerous hyperref is, it might cause conflicts if placed around the entire command?
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May 3, 2011 at 15:23
\makeatletter before \hypersetup and \makeatother after it.
pdfusetitle will fail if you have any non ASCII character in your title or author name, with the error ** WARNING ** Failed to convert input string to UTF16... That's why this method, with your addendum is the best.