grayscale autoshape changes to color when converting to PDF

[CDJ]

When converting from Microsoft Publisher 2007 to Adobe Acrobat 8.0 PDF, the
autoshape picture that we changed to grayscale changes back to color when
reviewing the created PDF.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Are you setting Acrobat to print in black and white? Select the PDF printer,
properties, paper/quality tab.

 

[CDJ]

Let's see if I can explain the problem better. We design newspaper ads in
Publisher using an autoshape box to insert the property picture, then make
the color picture greyscale for publishing. Since using a new computer with
Microsoft Office 2007 and Acrobat version 8, when we convert the ad to a PDF
file, the picture reverts back to color making the ad not usable. This only
happens with the new computer. The older computer that used Office 2003 and
Acrobat 6 or 7 leaves the autoshape picture as grayscale. But if we take a
color picture and do not use the autoshape feature in Publisher the picture
will also remain grayscale. Thanks!

 

[Mary Sauer]

I can only guess it is a bug. I can also surmise it is an Acrobat bug. I don't
have Acrobat 8 so I can't duplicate your issue. I can print to 7 okay and the
filled autoshape remains gray scale.

Have you tried inserting the image in a one cell table? Will it remain as gray
scale?

 

[Debbie]

I have created a Business card in Publisher and want to fade one side of a
picture that I inserted into the card. How do I do that???

 

[Mary Sauer]

What sort of image is it? You could copy the picture, paste, align the two
pictures one on top the other, crop the top picture and use the wash-out option
from the picture toolbar. If the picture is a vector, you can ungroup and use
the transparency in the fill menu.

 

[Mary Sauer]

I can only suggest taking the image into an editing program and do the grayscale
there. I believe Paint can do it as well as www.getpaint.net and
www.irfanview.com. Both are free.

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

Could not duplicate with Pub2007 to Acrobat 8...or with Pub's PDF add-in
thingie.
Insert Color Pix > Format Picture > Recolor (with black)...produces a black
& white PDF.


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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression





|I can only guess it is a bug. I can also surmise it is an Acrobat bug. I
don't
| have Acrobat 8 so I can't duplicate your issue. I can print to 7 okay and
the
| filled autoshape remains gray scale.
|
| Have you tried inserting the image in a one cell table? Will it remain as
gray
| scale?
|
| --
| Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
| http://office.microsoft.com/
| http://msauer.mvps.org/
| news://msnews.microsoft.com
|
| | > Let's see if I can explain the problem better. We design newspaper ads
in
| > Publisher using an autoshape box to insert the property picture, then
make
| > the color picture greyscale for publishing. Since using a new computer
with
| > Microsoft Office 2007 and Acrobat version 8, when we convert the ad to a
PDF
| > file, the picture reverts back to color making the ad not usable. This
only
| > happens with the new computer. The older computer that used Office 2003
and
| > Acrobat 6 or 7 leaves the autoshape picture as grayscale. But if we take
a
| > color picture and do not use the autoshape feature in Publisher the
picture
| > will also remain grayscale. Thanks!
| >
| > "Mary Sauer" wrote:
| >
| >> Are you setting Acrobat to print in black and white? Select the PDF
printer,
| >> properties, paper/quality tab.
| >>
| >> --
| >> Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
| >> http://office.microsoft.com/
| >> http://msauer.mvps.org/
| >> news://msnews.microsoft.com
| >>
| >> | >> > When converting from Microsoft Publisher 2007 to Adobe Acrobat 8.0
PDF, the
| >> > autoshape picture that we changed to grayscale changes back to color
when
| >> > reviewing the created PDF.
| >>
| >>
| >>
|
|