Exporting to PDF: Text as black and white only possible?

Hi!
I do have a large document where 30% of the pages do use colors 70% plain text. I'm asked by the printing company to export the text only pages as plain black and white PDF's. They showed me the function on Windows and Word. Is it possible with pages, too?
If it helps, I do have the Adobe Creative Suite Design Premium (with Acrobat).
Thanks,
Matt

Yes it is but you have to fix your text so that it is styled to black only.
Click in the text and go command a (select all):
Menu > View > Colors
Click on the sliders icon at the top of the pallette and choose Grey Scale Slider and then the 0% swatch.
Resave any styles you have used and fix any text or objects that are not part of your main text.
You can also open your pdf file in the ColorSync Utility found in your Utilities folder inside your Applications folder and apply Filters > Black & White
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