> On Sat, 6 Jul 2013 16:42:41 -0400 > john Culleton <John at wexfordpress.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, 5 Jul 2013 06:26:52 +0200 (CEST) >> "Christoph Sch?fer" <christoph-schaefer at gmx.de> wrote: >> >> > > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 04. Juli 2013 um 17:29 Uhr >> > > Von: "john Culleton" <John at wexfordpress.com> >> > > An: "Scribus User Mailing List" <scribus at lists.scribus.net> >> > > Betreff: [scribus] Change existing pdf to pure b/w >> > > >> > > I have an existing pdf file that has a few spots of blue text >> that >> > > when you click on them take you somewhere. They are mail >> addresses >> > > and urls. I want to change them to just plain black for a >> printed >> > > book. Can this be done with a profile? Of course the underlying >> > > code is superfluous also. >> > > >> > > Any thoughts? >> > >> > Why don't you just open the file in a PDF viewer like Okular and >> > print to a greyscale PDF?
> > That didn't work. Saved it from okular with the grayscale option > chosen > but the resulting file still had color in it. > I wonder whether your PDF viewer is parsing the content to "colorise" the http and mailto links? What happens if you open the pdf in gimp? -- Owen
