Completely, fully disable 100% of any and all auto window resizing / document rezooming functions

[morganw4118444]

I seek a comprehensive list of all Acrobat functions that result in automatically resizing the window, or automatically adjusting the zoom level, of a newly opened document.  I do not want window size or initial zoom level to ever change, except when I make manual adjustments.  The automatic functions are a major hindrance and time-waster.

To the extent some of these functions might be settable in multiple different locations so that I have to go make sure the setting is set properly in each of the separate locations, I would also appreciate a listing of such duplicative interface toggles.

Cheers!

[morganw4118444]

bumps

[Sturgill2887693615kq]

I does have a question too. Bernd Alheit, what exactly is your purpose other than to apparently stonewall on behalf of the developer? Is you a bot? Is you just here to annoy us poor stupid plebs? It's a real freaking problem and it appears we would like a solution other than, "Does you have a question?"

[morganw4118444]

bump

[morganw4118444]

Bump

[morganw4118444]

bump

[Kelli27456619lg6l]

Not sure if you found a solution to this, but my company resently switched back to Adobe from Nitro Pro and this was driving me nuts!  The only thing I have found to prevent it is to change the Default Layout and Zoom to the settings below.  I'd like to know if you found a different solution!

[morganw4118444]

No, I have never found a solution, and to make matters worse, since it seems there is no way to disable all the fancy graphical flourishes that make Adobe actually render the document while it is being moved or resized (and even apply transparency if it is being moved!) (at least on the Mac version)—the simple act of trying to move or resize a window incurs a crushing GPU load even when only one or two documents is open; so when I am constantly needing to move or resize a window while 10+ PDFs are open, I literally have to sit there with the mouse pointer completely still and wait 5-10 seconds for the computer to catch up.  This is disgustingly bad, awful, moronic software design.  (Quad i7 2.7ghz, 1600MB video ram, 16gig main RAM ought to be able to handle resizing a window that contains a scan of an 8.5x11 black and white text document)

[Greg2839589760tb]

BUMP

This continues to be an exceptionally annoying problem and there is simply no reason it shouldn't have a fix. There is ZERO reason why a new document should force a resize and relocation of a window. Period. FIX IT

[User32544156f11x]

I am having the same problem. 

[ttedor]

And here it is almost 4 years to the day and Adobe has done nothing to address the problem. And, Photoshop experiences similar issues when opening new images.

Adobe seems to be too focused on AI at the expense of listening to the complaints of their user base.

[Caleb33837030v5yq]

Bumping this again. To reiterate someone's response from another thread, "WE SHOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO IGNORE THIS SETTING IN PDFS"...

"I just figured out how to stop it in some files. Open the PDF > Document Properties > Initial View > Window Options > UNCHECK Resize Window  to initial page. We should have the option to ignore this setting in PDF's"

[sdf284457735zjt]

After my battles with adobe regarding CS6 some time ago, I concluded that these adobe dimwits have too much brass and hence the frustrations of users such as in this thread are futile and only represent the power that adobe has unjustly gained by the general consensus of every crap given by adobe to its users.

Give yourselves a break. Change the software you are using. I for one have been waiting for the bugs in InDesign to be corrected, which have existed since the CS2 version, and even though it's been nearly 20 years the same crap has been dragging on for so long expanded with unnecessary stuff and stuff that can be used for marketing efforts. After a while I decided that I don't give a crap about adobe, I learned JS and with the help of scripts I do most of what I need and I have no intention of NEVER paying adobe even a cent again.

Adobe gets a heap of laughs out of this forum and that's it, probably more than a few adobe dimwits spend long hours laughing themselves to tears reading posts like this one 🙂

BUMP...
Bump?
BUMP!

Cheers

[ST_Jim]

BUMP! Adobe please fix this, there is not one Adobe user that is ok with the current design functionality allowing a documents window options to reposition and resize the window on another users computer. ADD A DISABLE FUNCTION FOR THIS ALREADY!!!!!!

[Robin3721231676cy]

Over for years on, and this is still an issue. 😡

[Caleb33837030v5yq]

Bump

[sapers.2]

Yes, this is infuriating when pdf move and resize acrobat reader window.

I bet it just too complicated for adobe devs to add this option.

[the_zedman]

Why has this not been addressed yet?

Stop telling/forcing me how to work.

Just imagine the dekstop nightware if all vendors adopted your approach for application/window management.

Come on this is basic.

[piotr_4227]

As Adobe seems not to care, I have prepared a script in autoIt (with help of my friend perplexity.ai) that opens a PDF file and than resizes the window to a specified size. You can modyfy the position and size to your preferences, compile the script to EXE file and set it as a default PDF opening application. You can even extract a prefered icon from any application (e.g. using 7zip) and use it during the script compilation. The PDF icon will look as you want.

; Define the desired width and height for the Acrobat Reader window
Global $xPosition = 0
Global $yPosition = 0
Global $width = 800  ; Desired width
Global $height = 600 ; Desired height

; Get the PDF file path from command line arguments
Local $pdfFilePath = $CmdLine[1]

; Define the path to Adobe Acrobat Reader executable
Local $acrobatPath = "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe"

; Run Adobe Acrobat Reader with the specified PDF file
Run('"' & $acrobatPath & '" "' & $pdfFilePath & '"')

; Wait for the Acrobat Reader window to become active
Local $title = "[CLASS:AcrobatSDIWindow]"
WinWaitActive($title)

; Resize the Acrobat Reader window
WinMove($title, "", $xPosition, $yPosition, $width, $height)
Sleep(100)
WinMove($title, "", $xPosition, $yPosition, $width, $height)
Sleep(100)
WinMove($title, "", $xPosition, $yPosition, $width, $height)

 In case of any problems with above I recommend the prerplexity.ai. It will explain everything.

[katyas50946]

It is October of 2024 and the annoying problem is not fixed yet!
And this company asks me every now and then if I would recommend their product to someone else.
No, I will not.

[GoldenCorey]

You are doing the Lord's work, sir!  This thread is like a support group for people who are tired with the idiocy of the world.  There is not even a single reason why the creator of a pdf should be able to choose the location and dimensions of the window in which that pdf displays on the viewer's computer.  I often think: do these morons ever even try to use the product that they create to do any real work?  Don't even get me started on Microsoft Outlook...

The fact that this problem has persisted for years is completely unforgivable.  Thank goodness we can do most of what we want to pdfs natively on a Mac with their amazing Preview app.  I would love to support a better company in this space, though.  I wonder if Affinity would be interested in making a pdf reader/viewer?  Their Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher are already good replacements for other Adobe apps.

[Precious_Phoenix3817]

Seems we need another BUMP! 

I've been dealing with this the last year or so at work when I started handling bill pay for my office. Very frustrating. Blows my mind reading all these threads that have been open for years complaining about this problem and nothing has been done. 

[Amanda38127575wruk]

Here's another bump from 2025! I understand that this is expected behavior when a PDF is created / saved using the "Resize window to initial page" option, but it is INFURIATING to have PDFs from different sources move and resize my Acrobat windows, especially when using multple monitors. There should be a global setting to open PDFs IN THE SAME PLACE you already have your window positioned. We have the option to choose the zoom and scroll settings, WHY NOT WINDOW POSITION? 

[d_3940]

For my job I need to download and print about 20-30 pdfs a day and each time I open one, the window size changes or moves to match how the sender set it up.  I am constantly adjusting the window size and position as a result.  I have looked and looked, and cannot find any setting to stop this and keep my preferred window size and position.  Finally found this thread and it appears to be something users have been reqesting for years and remains ignored by Adobe.  Not good enough.  

[Amal.]

Hi there 

Hope you are doing well, and thanks for reaching out. We are sorry for the trouble you went through while opening the PDF files.

As described, the window size changes, each time you open different PDF files, is it the size of the document  or the size of the Acrobat App window itself.  Please share a small video recording of the steps you are taking and the issue as it occurs for more clarity. 

In the meantinme, try the steps below and see if that helps: 

Open the PDF > Document Properties (Ctrl,Cmd+D) > Initial View > Window Options > Uncheck 'Resize Window to initial page' > Click OK

Also, go to Preferences (Ctrl,Cmd+K) > Page Display > Under, default layout and zoom, set page layout to 'Automatic' and zoom to 'Fit Page'  > Click Ok and reboot the device once.

Let us know how it goes.

[Edited Response]

[MF777]

Hello Amal,

It's nice to see an answer from an Adobe employee. 

However, I don't think you've understood the problem, as the solution you propose is close to the default setting on Acrobat. 

What we need is for Acrobat NOT to change window SIZE and LOCATION.

It is not a question of ZOOMING. 

I am forced to use Acrobat PRO for some things, but for long sessions of opening PDFs, I switch to another reader, as Acrobat simply doesn't cut it.