Acrobat 9 convert to grayscale

How do I convert a PDF to grayscale in Acrobat 9 Standard for Windows?
I see all kinds of tips for Mac, Pro or Extended. But I don't see any such options on on my menus or configs.
thanks!

HTML by its very nature has a varying format to meet the needs of the browser and screen. It should never be expected to see the same format when converting to HTML. Actually I am surprised you could even convert it to HTML since most IRS forms are secure and do not allow such operations. If you want to post it to your site for some reason, just post the PDF file itself.

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When I convert a PDF to grayscale via Advanced/Print Production/Preflight all of my pages have the following text printed on the top: All problems according to Preflight profile Convert to grayscale.
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I have several reports in microsoft access and I've been able to combine them into a single PDF file using the Acrobat Convert Multiple Reports feature. Is there a way to create a macro for this action? I would like to create a time event for this procedure.
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Converting to grayscale?

Hi,
I'm doing an experiment and as preprocessing would like to convert my set of PNG images into grayscale using the following ratios
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While I'm experienced in Java and server side apps, I've never done much client work. The vast area of java.awt.image classes are at the moment a bit inaccessible.
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...just to note, the paper that I'm implementing for a class project says the following on its conversion:
"In the preprocessing stage each COIL image I = (R, G, B)
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In a fairly complex application we have a publishing server that utilizes Acrobat to convert Office documents to PDF using the Convert to PDF functionality.
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