Bitmap images have grayscale settings

I'm creating pdfs using Acrobat Standard 6.0 from Word documents. The documents contain images in color, grayscale and bitmap mode. For some reason the bitmap images in the final pdfs are not appearing as bitmaps but appear with the settings for the grayscale images. Meanwhile, the actual grayscale images appear with the color settings. The color images are fine. I've experimented with different resolutions for each type of image and each time the results follow the pattern described.
I'd be interested to know where in the chain of events is the problem is occurring, or if anyone can suggest a way of trying to pin it down. I've tried two separate versions of Word, so I'm assuming the problem lies elsewhere.
Thanks for any advice.

Is there a way really one can use to convert bitmap
images into vectored images?
I ask this question in response to a problem that I
have. I take photos using a camera of resolution 72
pixels per inch and then process them in a program I
have written in Java. I then print cards as the
output of the system processing. The picture quality
I then produce is a worry. The images are blurred and
they rather look like zoomed bitmap images. Its not
very disgusting but its something the clients are
complaining about. And what makes you think that vectorizing an image is actually an improvement?
Suggestions with regards to where I could be going
wrong are very much welcome.Get a better camera.

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