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Photoshop offers different ways of converting coloured images into greyscale, or black and white. Greyscale is a term used for an image composed of varying shades of grey; and Black and White is term used for photographs, or slides - that are composed of pure black and white.
Undo and Navigation Steps
Two ways of undoing steps are from the top menu, Edit then Step Backwards. Alternatively, click a previous snapshot in the History Palette.
Navigate (zoom in and pan) your image using the Navigator Palette,
or the Zoom Tool. 
Activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
1/ The Greyscale Command - a basic and quick approach
From the top menu, choose Image then choose Mode then choose Greyscale.
2/ Desaturate Command - a basic and quick approach
From the top menu, choose Image then choose Adjustments then choose Desaturate.
3/ The Channel Mixer Command
From the top menu, choose Image then choose Adjustments then choose
Channel Mixer. In the subsequent Channel Mixer dialogue box, click a tick into the Monochromatic tick box. For my butterfly image, I set the following attributes, however, photographs will always react uniquely; therefore, adjust the sliders until you find a suitable contrast for yours.
 
4/ High Contrast Black and White using Gradients - Lesson Here.
5/ Converting Images to Black and White Bit maps - Image then Adjustments then Threshold, (play with the Threshold Level).
6/ Remove Colour using the Brush Tool - Lesson Here.
Additionally
7/ Apply Sepia Effects - Lesson Here.
8/ Utilise the Duotone Filter - First remove your image’s colour by choosing Image then Mode then Greyscale. Then choose Image then Mode then Duotone. Lesson Here.
9/ Defuse Black and White Photographs - Lesson Here.
10/ Improve Contrast by Dodging and Burning - Lesson Here.
11/ The Black and White Filter Photoshop CS3 - Lesson Here.
12/ Colour Tint Black and White Here and Here.
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