Enforce 100% zoom when opening pdf-file

[daniel20100313]

Hello,

is it possible to generate a pdf-file from InDesign (CS5.5) that will be opened in a pdf-viewer (such as Acrobat) with a zoom of 100% (1:1) - independant from the settings of the viewer ?

I have a very narrow document (105mm x 420mm) and I don't want the 105mm to be streched over the whole screen of the reader...

Thank you for your help!

[Daniel Flavin]

Acrobat can do that; pull up it's Properties, view tab, Initial View. Be advised, if you have Acrobat's Prefs set to the default, it will remeber the Last Used View Setting for documents. Turn that Pref off.

[daniel20100313]

Thank you for your answer. I know, that I can do this in Acrobat (on my computer) but I am looking for a possibility, that other persons who open my document will see it in 100%. As it is very narrow otherwise it will be diplayed with about 400% (with automatic zoom setting).

[Peter Spier]

You can force it to open at 100% on any computer running Reader (not sure other viewers would respect that), but you can't force other users to keep it that way.

[daniel20100313]

This sounds like the solution; I want the document to be opende with 100%; afterwards the user is allowed to zoom as he wants....

But how do I force to open at 100% ?

Thank you very much for your help.

[Stix_Hart]

You do what Daniel said, open it in Adobe Acrobat, then open the Properties (File>Properties), then open the View (Initial View?) tab, and set it to 100%.

[daniel20100313]

I know how to apply the settings in Adobe Acrobat (on my computers) but I want the document to be opend in 100% on any other person who opens it (without editing settings on their computer).

It seems, that this is not possible.

[Peter Spier · Accepted solution]

It is completely possible. In Acrobat Pro open the file, go to Properties, then the Initial View tab. Set the zoom to 100% and save the file.

[daniel20100313]

Thank you very much! It works.