Grayscale PDF
Make the pictures gray without flattening the text.
Grayscale PDF converts the photos and images in a document to shades of gray, which saves colour ink when printing and often makes the file smaller. The text stays as real text, so it remains sharp, searchable and selectable.
How to make a PDF black and white
- 1
Select your PDF.
- 2
Click Make photos gray.
- 3
Download the PDF with gray photos and unchanged text.
Questions and answers
Does the text become an image?
No. Photos are turned gray and the text stays as real, selectable text.
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Learn more
- How to reduce PDF file size without ruining the quality
- How to reduce a PDF to 100 KB (or 200 KB) for upload forms