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June 30, 2020
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Prevent Acrobat Page Centering and Resizing

  • June 30, 2020
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Some PDFs are created with embedded instructions to move and resize the Acrobat (or Reader) window when the document is opened. Since this is easily one of the stupidest options ever created, I would like to turn that off permanently for all documents. How do I do that? Virtually every time it makes the document less readable for me.

For anyone inclined to defend the option, the use case amounts to "I think my users are too dumb to position the program window by themselves, so I must do it for them." The arrogance embedded in that thinking is breathtaking.

Thank you to anyone who can tell me how to overcome this flaw in the program.

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JR Boulay
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 4, 2020

- Opening a document with the bookmarks pane displayed (otherwise users will not search for it).

- Opening a document with the attachments pane displayed (otherwise users will not search for it).

- Opening a document in full screen mode.

 

Don't forget that these settings came from the 90's. Some may be obsolete now.

 

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
JR Boulay
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 1, 2020

It is your point of view but it is not shared by everyone far from it.
Luckily you can use the Preferences: Accessibility to force the opening parameters to your liking.

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
kapper199Author
Participant
July 2, 2020

Thank you.

I have tried to changed the settings in Preferences / Accessibility / Override Page display but PDFs can still move my Acrobat window and change its size.

I'm open to my opinion being wrong, it happens regularly. I would be interested in the use case for the "feature" that doesn't embed comtempt for users.