HOW DO I STOP THE WINDOW FROM RESIZING EVERY TIME A PDF IS OPENED

Report · May 16, 2022

HOW DO I STOP THE WINDOW FROM RESIZING EVERY TIME A PDF IS OPENED FOR MAC ACROBAT PRO DC

Report · May 16, 2022

Preferences > Accessibility > Overrride Page Display. Set the "Always Use Zoom Setting" to what you desire them to open to.

Report · May 17, 2022

Thank you, but that will still cause the window to be resized if it isn't large enough to display a document at the zoom setting that I select.

Report · May 17, 2022

You might also want to unchcek "Restore last view settings when reopening documents" in Preferences > Documents >. Other than that, I don't know of any way to change the applications window size.

However, If this is for a specific document, then you should set your Initial View settings within the Document Properties of that file... in particular, set the Zoom size you want, but uncheck Resize Window to Initial View.

These attributes only affect viewing in Acrobat, of course, and may not have any bearing on 3rd party viewers.

Report · May 20, 2022

Thank you! I will give that a try.

Unfortunately, this is regarding thousands of docs, mostly computer generated, and I have no control over the settings under which they are generated so I will frequently get one that is in eleventy billion DPI with a printable size of 6 feet by 8 feet—that's an extreme case, but lots of other scenarios where weird document sizes will mess with a window that I generally need to stay in the same place at the same size AT ALL TIMES...

Compound that with the fact that Adobe apparently needs a bitcoin farming rig to actually resize a window in real time, and it's a supreme headache.

Report · May 23, 2022

No dice on unchecking "restore last view settings".

Miserable usability issues caused by this completely unwanted and pointless behavior.

Report · May 31, 2022

Still looking for help on this one. Thanks all.

Report · Jul 07, 2023

I believe we are having the same issue? PDFs will randomly open and move the entire window and change the size. Even if I have PDF files already open. It is very frustrating.

Report · Jul 01, 2025

Brad, maybe you're still at it as a Community Expert but nobody on the web can find the solution. There are tons of sites lamenting Adobe's ridiculousness. However, the fix is so simple:

Go to Propreties > Initial View > Window Options. Uncheck the box that says Resize window to inital page.

Now, if I could only automate that for the hundreds of individual PDFs dumped on me, I'd be VERY happy.

Report · Jun 20, 2024

Having the same problem for years. If this problem has been going on for over 2 years, Adobe doesn't care. They've doubled their prices in the same time period yet no useful improvements have been made to the software. Adding flowers doesn't make something work better. I've sent feedback in app many times but it never gets resolved. We need to find a replacement for Adobe if they don't want to listen to their users. Anyone know of solid competitors we can look at? Or does Adobe want to read these messages and do better?

Report · Dec 20, 2024

I have this problem with some PDFs. Was a solution ever found?

Report · Jan 30, 2025

I found this thread because I have what sounds like the same problem. Not finding a solution here, I kept searching. I did find what is (so far) a solution for me, though it may be completely unrelated to the problem others on this thread are having. This potential solution would only work for Mac users. My problem seems to have been resolved by turning off one of the newish tiling features in the operating system:

System Settings -> Desktop & Dock -> Tile by dragging windws to screen edges [turn to OFF]

Report · Feb 27, 2025

I found this discussion because I got some invoice pdf which does this, see the attached file.

I also found this info:
https://colecandoo.com/2024/03/23/solving-acrobats-resize-window-issue/
When there is "FitWindow true" directive in the pdf file, Adobe Reader resize its window.
Probably the only way is to delete the FitWindow true directive from the pdf file.
Or, use Foxit Reader or SumatraPDF. They ignore this directive.

Deleting of some part of a pdf cause that the table which shows the locations of objects as a byte offset within the file is not valid anymore.
But Adobe reader is usually able to open the file and offer to save restored version.