Change/Convert Hex color number for whole PDF document?

[Jon5C92]

Hi,

I have a huge document that I've discovered has not only hex color black (00000) but also another color that shows up sometimes (262626).  I'm trying to get all text color uniform throughout the PDF (00000).  I know I can do a text box but that would take way too long for the whole document; and besides, it messes up the formatting of my footnotes for some reason.  But when I do the text box I can manually convert the hex color to 00000.  Surely there's a way to do this for the whole document?  When I try to go to Print Production (preflight/color conversions) I can't seem to be able to do what I'm trying to do (for example if I try to convert all to B/W or sRGB).  Whatever I try, the hex color remains the same.  Please help!

[Dave__M]

Does this PDF have actual editable text, or is it an image-based PDF?

My best,

Dave

[Jon5C92]

It is around 400 pages of text only, aside from one picture at the very end.

[Jon5C92]

Update: If I go to Print Production and convert just to "Generic RGB" the off-color gets closer to real black, making Red, Green, and Blue all showing #11 (instead of 18 or 19) and the Hex number reading 0B0B0B.  It's a lot closer to solid black and gives me hope I can get there somehow?

[Dave__M]

Have you poked around the Ink Manager yet?  If I remember correctly (don't have the app in front of me currently), you can specify a color to swap/reassign in there.  Should be accessed from the Print Production tools.\, if I'm remembering correctly.

My best,

Dave

[Jon5C92 · Accepted solution]

So I was finally able to figure it out, if anyone else is having a similar issue.  First, I converted the whole document to generic RGB.  Then, I converted the whole document to generic CYMK.  This fixes it.  Hope this can help someone else.

[Dave__M]

Good deal!  If others ever have this issue arise, this thread will be helpful.

My best,

Dave