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How to convert a color pdf into a black and white pdf using Acrobat 7.0 Standard?

e2020
Registered: Mar 22 2007
Posts: 2

How to convert a color pdf into a black and white pdf using Acrobat 7.0 Standard? My intention is to reduce the file size in addition to using the button available under File.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 7.0.0, Windows
tedpadova
ExpertTeam
Registered: Dec 31 2005
Posts: 848
As far as I know, you can't convert a color PDF document to grayscale in Acrobat. You need to perform RGB/CMYK to grayscale conversions in the original authoring programs.

ted

The author of numerous books on Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and the Adobe Creative Suite, and an international speaker on Adobe Acrobat, Ted Padova is a well-known PDF guru.