Hi all,

I have a PDF file which was converted from Powerpoint file. The background 
was unfornately blue and the foreground color is white. If I print it out 
directly, it will cost a lot of my laser printer powder. Is there a way to 
change the background color to a lighter color or negate the color either in 
Acrobat or during the printing process?

Thanks a lot 

On Feb 27, 1:59 pm, "Mike" <housing2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a PDF file which was converted from Powerpoint file. The background
> was unfornately blue and the foreground color is white. If I print it out
> directly, it will cost a lot of my laser printer powder. Is there a way to
> change the background color to a lighter color or negate the color either in
> Acrobat or during the printing process?
>
> Thanks a lot

If your printer driver is Postscript capable, you will probably find
"Negative" among the advanced postscript options in the print
dialog.

it didn't work for my printer...

there is no way to do this inside Acrobat? I have a professional version of 
the Acrobat...

"rpresser" <rpresser@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:1172606934.780323.4800@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> On Feb 27, 1:59 pm, "Mike" <housing2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a PDF file which was converted from Powerpoint file. The 
>> background
>> was unfornately blue and the foreground color is white. If I print it out
>> directly, it will cost a lot of my laser printer powder. Is there a way 
>> to
>> change the background color to a lighter color or negate the color either 
>> in
>> Acrobat or during the printing process?
>>
>> Thanks a lot
>
> If your printer driver is Postscript capable, you will probably find
> "Negative" among the advanced postscript options in the print
> dialog.
>
> 

On Feb 28, 2:34 am, "Mike" <housing2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> it didn't work for my printer...
>
> there is no way to do this inside Acrobat? I have a professional version of
> the Acrobat...
>
[please don't top post]

There are Acrobat plug-ins that can help, such as Enfocus's Pitstop
Pro, but to the best of my knowledge, the standard Acrobat Pro
distribution cannot change fill colors of objects. You could likely
delete the background altogether, but not change its attributes. I
could be wrong of course.

If you can create another PDF file with the desired background color,
perhaps you could delete the unwanted background and paste in a new
one.

"rpresser" <rpresser@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:1172672876.256561.66410@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> On Feb 28, 2:34 am, "Mike" <housing2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> it didn't work for my printer...
>>
>> there is no way to do this inside Acrobat? I have a professional version 
>> of
>> the Acrobat...
>>
> [please don't top post]
>
> There are Acrobat plug-ins that can help, such as Enfocus's Pitstop
> Pro, but to the best of my knowledge, the standard Acrobat Pro
> distribution cannot change fill colors of objects. You could likely
> delete the background altogether, but not change its attributes. I
> could be wrong of course.
>
> If you can create another PDF file with the desired background color,
> perhaps you could delete the unwanted background and paste in a new
> one.
>

It's not created by me. I don't have PPT source. I only have the PDF.

All I need is a negation in color.

How to do that? 

On Feb 28, 6:23 pm, "Mike" <housing2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "rpresser" <rpres...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1172672876.256561.66410@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > On Feb 28, 2:34 am, "Mike" <housing2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> it didn't work for my printer...
>
> >> there is no way to do this inside Acrobat? I have a professional version
> >> of
> >> the Acrobat...
>
> > [please don't top post]
>
> > There are Acrobat plug-ins that can help, such as Enfocus's Pitstop
> > Pro, but to the best of my knowledge, the standard Acrobat Pro
> > distribution cannot change fill colors of objects. You could likely
> > delete the background altogether, but not change its attributes. I
> > could be wrong of course.
>
> > If you can create another PDF file with the desired background color,
> > perhaps you could delete the unwanted background and paste in a new
> > one.
>
> It's not created by me. I don't have PPT source. I only have the PDF.
>
> All I need is a negation in color.
>
> How to do that?

Like I said, create ANOTHER PDF -- you don't need the original source,
you just need to be able to create a PDF -- that has a background of
the desired color. In Acrobat, DELETE the background color box from
the PPT PDF, then copy the desired background color from the new PDF
to the clipboard and paste it into the PPT PDF.

There is NO WAY TO CHANGE COLORS OF AN OBJECT IN ACROBAT without
buying an additional plugin. All you can do is move objects, delete
objects,and paste new objects from the clipboard. If you can't manage
it using my instructions then there is no help for it.

"rpresser" <rpresser@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Feb 28, 6:23 pm, "Mike" <housing2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> "rpresser" <rpres...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1172672876.256561.66410@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Feb 28, 2:34 am, "Mike" <housing2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> it didn't work for my printer...
>>
>> >> there is no way to do this inside Acrobat? I have a professional 
>> >> version
>> >> of
>> >> the Acrobat...
>>
>> > [please don't top post]
>>
>> > There are Acrobat plug-ins that can help, such as Enfocus's Pitstop
>> > Pro, but to the best of my knowledge, the standard Acrobat Pro
>> > distribution cannot change fill colors of objects. You could likely
>> > delete the background altogether, but not change its attributes. I
>> > could be wrong of course.
>>
>> > If you can create another PDF file with the desired background color,
>> > perhaps you could delete the unwanted background and paste in a new
>> > one.
>>
>> It's not created by me. I don't have PPT source. I only have the PDF.
>>
>> All I need is a negation in color.
>>
>> How to do that?
>
> Like I said, create ANOTHER PDF -- you don't need the original source,
> you just need to be able to create a PDF -- that has a background of
> the desired color. In Acrobat, DELETE the background color box from
> the PPT PDF, then copy the desired background color from the new PDF
> to the clipboard and paste it into the PPT PDF.
>
> There is NO WAY TO CHANGE COLORS OF AN OBJECT IN ACROBAT without
> buying an additional plugin. All you can do is move objects, delete
> objects,and paste new objects from the clipboard. If you can't manage
> it using my instructions then there is no help for it.
>

I really don't know how to do DELETE in Acrobat. Could you please help me?

The PDF file is here...

http://www.kevinsheppard.org/teaching/ox/gr/mfe05/pdfs/linear_regression_slides2.pdf

Thanks a lot!

Mike wrote:

> 
> I really don't know how to do DELETE in Acrobat. Could you please help me?

Use the TouchUp Object tool. But that's only part of the solution, 
because then you'll be stuck with white type and you'll have to change 
it all to black, a tedious process.

> 
> The PDF file is here...
> 
> http://www.kevinsheppard.org/teaching/ox/gr/mfe05/pdfs/linear_regression_slides2.pdf
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> 
> 

Why not just contact the original author at 
kevin.sheppard@economics.ox.ac.uk and ask him for the material you need?

"Dick Margulis" <margulisd@comcast.net> wrote in message 
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> Mike wrote:
>
>>
>> I really don't know how to do DELETE in Acrobat. Could you please help 
>> me?
>
> Use the TouchUp Object tool. But that's only part of the solution, because 
> then you'll be stuck with white type and you'll have to change it all to 
> black, a tedious process.
>
>>
>> The PDF file is here...
>>
>> http://www.kevinsheppard.org/teaching/ox/gr/mfe05/pdfs/linear_regression_slides2.pdf
>>
>> Thanks a lot!
>>
>>
>
> Why not just contact the original author at 
> kevin.sheppard@economics.ox.ac.uk and ask him for the material you need?

Why should I bother the author for printing problems?

Acrobat Professional sucks! With an Acrobat Professional, I cannot negate 
the color of a PDF document?

Mike wrote:
> "Dick Margulis" <margulisd@comcast.net> wrote in message 
> news:12uhd8a6g75oodf@news.supernews.com...
>> Mike wrote:
>>
>>> I really don't know how to do DELETE in Acrobat. Could you please help 
>>> me?
>> Use the TouchUp Object tool. But that's only part of the solution, because 
>> then you'll be stuck with white type and you'll have to change it all to 
>> black, a tedious process.
>>
>>> The PDF file is here...
>>>
>>> http://www.kevinsheppard.org/teaching/ox/gr/mfe05/pdfs/linear_regression_slides2.pdf
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>
>>>
>> Why not just contact the original author at 
>> kevin.sheppard@economics.ox.ac.uk and ask him for the material you need?
> 
> Why should I bother the author for printing problems?
> 
> Acrobat Professional sucks! With an Acrobat Professional, I cannot negate 
> the color of a PDF document?
> 
> 
> 

The problem isn't Acrobat, it's PowerPoint. You've got white type on a 
solid background. If you delete the background, you've got white type on 
white paper. Go ahead and print it. Be my guest. Or just save the PDF as 
a Word document and change the text color there. Might be the easiest 
solution if you're afraid to send a polite request to the author. Oh, 
wait a minute, that "polite" thing might be too much of a challenge for 
you, perhaps?

On Mar 3, 10:44 pm, "Mike" <housing2...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Acrobat Professional sucks! With an Acrobat Professional, I cannot negate
> the color of a PDF document?

No, you can't.  You also can't use it to feed your gerbil.  It is
designed for certain tasks, and though you may be disappointed in it,
it cannot be used for certain other tasks.

Perhaps you would be content with the "handout" version of the same
presentation, provided by the author already elsewhere on the web
site:

http://www.kevinsheppard.org/teaching/ox/gr/mfe05/pdfs/linear_regression_handout2.pdf

Hello Mike,

you can do it with plain Acrobat:
  select the TouchUp-Object Tool
  click on the background to select the background object
  delete the background object (sometimes more than 1 object)
  you could then add another background to your pages
        (Document > Add Watermark & Background.)
  now the text color has to be changed, at least for white text on a white
        background
  select the TouchUp-Text Tool
  click on text in a page and enter STRG A to select all text
  open the context menu with a right mouse click
  select "properties" and change the "fill color" for the text to something
       more appropriate

-----------
Roland Baier


Mike schrieb:

> it didn't work for my printer...
> 
> there is no way to do this inside Acrobat? I have a professional version of 
> the Acrobat...
> 
> "rpresser" <rpresser@gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:1172606934.780323.4800@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> 
>>On Feb 27, 1:59 pm, "Mike" <housing2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>I have a PDF file which was converted from Powerpoint file. The 
>>>background
>>>was unfornately blue and the foreground color is white. If I print it out
>>>directly, it will cost a lot of my laser printer powder. Is there a way 
>>>to
>>>change the background color to a lighter color or negate the color either 
>>>in
>>>Acrobat or during the printing process?
>>>
>>>Thanks a lot
>>
>>If your printer driver is Postscript capable, you will probably find
>>"Negative" among the advanced postscript options in the print
>>dialog.
>>
>>
> 
> 
>