PowerX-PointX ProblemsX: Black and White PDF

[Guest]

How do I convert a Power Point 2007 presentation to a black-and-white PDF?

Design > Backgrounds > White, Design > Colors > Grayscale, Save As PDF
creates a _color_ PDF.

Print Preview > Options > Colors/Grayscale converts everything beautifully
but fails to save the presentation as a black-and-white PDF. This worked in
the previous version -- out of luck now.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

How do I convert a Power Point 2007 presentation to a black-and-white PDF?

Design > Backgrounds > White, Design > Colors > Grayscale, Save As PDF
creates a _color_ PDF.

Print Preview > Options > Colors/Grayscale converts everything beautifully
but fails to save the presentation as a black-and-white PDF. This worked in
the previous version -- out of luck now.

This came up once before; as I recall, the answer was to choose a b/w
PostScript printer driver, put a check next to "To File" in the print dialog
box, then print.

Put the resulting file someplace where it's easy to find, then use Distiller to
convert it to PDF. It works here with several different PDF-making products.

 

[Guest]

Thanks very much, but if this is the real solution, it is unacceptable. Since
I routinely convert my lectures for students to black-and-white PDFs, I
expect to be able to do it in two to four mouse clicks. The PDF coverter is
now integrated, which clearly made matters worse. Previously, Adobe Acrobat
Professional could do it in seconds. MS people need to get out of their
cubicles more. Just start with the basics please. Change the background to
white - Click 1. Change all font colors to black - Click 2. Save as a
grayscale PDF - Click 3.

SJ

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Thanks very much, but if this is the real solution, it is unacceptable. Since
I routinely convert my lectures for students to black-and-white PDFs, I
expect to be able to do it in two to four mouse clicks. The PDF coverter is
now integrated, which clearly made matters worse.

This particular matter, yes. It's been reported to MS.
Certainly it needs fixing.

But if the free converter from MS doesn't do all you'd like it to, is there a reason
why you can't continue to use Acrobat?

I don't have the latest version of Acrobat and can't easily install the version I do
have on the computer where Office 2007 is installed, so I don't know the answer to
that; I'd be interested to learn more.