Comments on Tips & Techniques: Convert a color PDF to grayscale in Acrobat 9

I did all the steps in Pro X, but somehow 1) it do...

2012-01-30T10:35:51.239-06:00

I did all the steps in Pro X, but somehow 1) it doesn't convert my PDF in greyscale, and 2) Acrobat freezes and bugs afterwards. I don't get what's going on, I've been searching for one week almost 2 work days non stop :(

Thanks! Just what I needed to reduce a form with b...

2012-01-06T09:58:52.742-06:00

Thanks! Just what I needed to reduce a form with blue pen accidentally scanned in color to greyscale.

Thanks. I just used it to convert a CMYK pdf into ...

2011-12-31T10:06:25.959-06:00

Thanks. I just used it to convert a CMYK pdf into grayscale to insert into an Indesign document. Thanks.

Hi, wondering if someone can help me. I have a PDF...

2011-12-13T04:13:19.948-06:00

Hi, wondering if someone can help me. I have a PDF with tables with alternating shaded rows, RGB 250,255,235 and RGB 238,255,189, light green. They are contrasty when printed in colour but in B&W almost white. Using the convert colour to greyscale fixup is far too light and no contrast. Using the Convert to spot colour fixup I can convert both of them one after the other, but I can't put two spot colour fixups in the same preflight profile, so have to run two separate profiles.

Is there a more efficient way for me to convert these two RGB colours using another type of fixup, or another too;l? Thankyou, and sincere thanks for the original tip, which got me started on solving this problem.

To do this in Acrobat X, click on the Tools sideba...

2011-11-22T08:55:20.366-06:00

To do this in Acrobat X, click on the Tools sidebar, choose the Print Production category, and then Preflight.

Does anyone know how to do this in Acrobat X? Tha...

2011-11-21T15:53:29.149-06:00

Does anyone know how to do this in Acrobat X?

Thanks in advance

cheers!

2011-11-10T09:26:31.159-06:00

cheers!

You are amazing!! Worked like a charm.

2011-09-25T21:34:03.049-05:00

You are amazing!! Worked like a charm.

Thanks so much! This simple change made a BIG diff...

2011-09-23T10:38:05.558-05:00

Thanks so much! This simple change made a BIG difference.

So simple - thank you

2011-09-14T09:40:08.271-05:00

So simple - thank you

Brilliant, worked for me! Thank you!

2011-08-31T01:32:25.324-05:00

Brilliant, worked for me! Thank you!

@ws: Sorry, I don't know of any way to do this...

2011-07-06T14:56:09.890-05:00

@ws: Sorry, I don't know of any way to do this.

I need to be able to convert some pages to greysca...

2011-07-06T14:15:07.800-05:00

I need to be able to convert some pages to greyscale but leave others in color. When I try the method described, the boxes to select pages are greyed out. (Acrobat 9)

I think you're my new BFF. Thank you - saved m...

2011-07-06T11:34:45.990-05:00

I think you're my new BFF. Thank you - saved me a lot of time having to covert the artwork to B/W and resave as a PDF.

I could totally kiss you right now. This tutorial ...

2011-06-17T18:46:09.605-05:00

I could totally kiss you right now. This tutorial saved me from going crazy!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!

2011-06-13T21:12:38.411-05:00

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!

I do not have a Convert Device Gray option in the ...

2011-06-06T15:14:24.370-05:00

I do not have a Convert Device Gray option in the Advanced Print Production /Convert window. Presently getting a built black for all Device Gray within documents. Looking to convert Device Gray to grayscale. Can anyone help?

Many Thanks!!! Very Helpful, I owe you one as well...

2011-06-02T23:46:43.223-05:00

Many Thanks!!! Very Helpful, I owe you one as well!

THANK YOU! I've been having to deal with packa...

2011-05-17T08:54:21.410-05:00

THANK YOU! I've been having to deal with packaging and sending InDesign files for even the simplest one-color jobs (and then crossing my fingers).

Great, thank you... This is really really great. E...

2011-03-23T07:22:03.066-05:00

Great, thank you... This is really really great. Easy and quickly.

Thanks so much for this very useful post. Couldn&#...

2011-02-23T18:02:39.629-06:00

Thanks so much for this very useful post. Couldn't find anything about converting to greyscale anywhere in Adobe Help!

thanks!!!

2010-10-20T15:37:31.808-05:00

thanks!!!

Perfect answer to a simple question, thanks, Edmon...

2010-09-26T21:56:03.380-05:00

Perfect answer to a simple question, thanks, Edmond

I could not get this to work but I did a print to ...

2010-07-30T16:20:25.753-05:00

I could not get this to work but I did a print to PDF and chose grayscale there. Seems silly but it worked!!

Worked! Thanks for the tip!

2010-05-31T14:40:16.441-05:00

Worked! Thanks for the tip!