Home Forums Discussions Problems Setting Adobe defaults for Imported Items

In general, the default view of imported items is too small, and I almost invariably click on one of the zoom buttons to be able to read text. It occurred to me that I should be able to set a default to zoom on the document. Sure enough, in Adobe Reader, under preferences is a check box under page display...zoom...fit visible.
Now when I open a document with the reader, outside of AC, it automatically zooms the document to fill the space. That is nice, but it doesn't happen in AC (which of course is what I care about).

Any ideas?
I know that I am not working with the newest version of Adobe, but others have had issues with newer versions, and other than this, I have no complaints. Besides, it would surprise me if this version-related.

I have a theory. I'm just testing it right now. Standby.

Explanation:
You were on the right track, but it seems as if AC overrides Page Display Settings. There's also a view setting that is inherent in each PDF document aka Initial View Settings. Initial view settings can only be edited with Acrobat Pro. AC can't override Initial View. However, there is a fourth setting in Accessibility (this is the on you want) that override the other 3.

To recap: Accessibility Settings > Initial View Settings > AC Settings > Page Display Settings

Solution:
Change Accessibility Settings:
(Step 0: Close AC, Open Adobe Reader)
Step 1: Go to Edit>Preferences>Accessibility
Step 2: Check the box for always use Zoom Setting:
Step 3: Pick your desired Zoom Setting
Step 4: Click Ok.
(Step 5: Open AC to verify)

Nice Sandeep. Not easy to find the setting out of the 2,000 settings in Adobe. Of course, that is better than the 5,000 settings in Word.

Thanks very much, Sandeep.
To anyone using Imported Items, and especially if you use logmein, you might want to consider making this change.

Thanks and so true, Bert. I was a fan of MS Office before the whole ribbon design. Now you have to add/remove tabs just to see the options. Buttons have also moved around to non-intuitive places.

You're welcome That's a good suggestion as well. I just want to reemphasize that you have to restart AC for the settings to apply or just close it before you make the change.

Sandeep, I wish MicroSoft would stop frigging around with the format of the MSOffice programs. They should pick a design, then stick with it. Sure make IMPROVEMENTS but stop moving everything around for the sake of moving it. I find this a little frustrating.

I feel my learning curve gets slower with each new rendition of MSWord, and I'm using fewer and fewer of it's features. That's probably just as well since I'm not a professional word processor. But nor do I have the time to attend a refresher course with every new version.

Oh ya, not to mention the same types of changes in the MS-OS's for clients....oh and the plethora of changes in the Server-OS's. I felt much more efficient managing my network when I had SBS2003 and XP on the clients. I've experienced the changes to SBS 2008, Vista, Win 7. Soon I'll upgrade to SBS2011 then probably leave everything alone for as long as possible. Well, that's what I say every time I upgrade and then a year or two later I start all over again with the upgrades.

I know computing changes at the speed of light, but geeze there is a lot to keep up with. Did I mention that I also practice medicine as my full time job? haha.

No wonder there are professionals like you who do this type of work for a living.

It's not your fault. Blame MS ha. It took me forever to find the import/export in Outlook 2007/Outlook 2010. I mean in Outlook 2003, it was under the File Menu. File>Import/Export. Now it's under the Open menu. Who puts the export items under the open menu, it's not logical at all. Open menus are for things like opening files (lol) not for exporting my contact list to a spreadsheet.

Then with the new .docx, .xlsx, .pptx extensions required people to get converter packs for their old versions of Microsoft Office. Was it really necessary to change the foundation of the .doc format. There's a reason that PDF is the standard. It's pretty much stays the same and the reader software is easily accessible and easily upgradeable.

I personally skipped over the Vista operating system. I was a beta tester for both Windows 7 and Vista. During my testing, I found Vista to have lots of resource issues among driver and other other issues. I recommended that most people wait until Windows 7 which is pretty solid. I think SBS 2011/2008 integrates a lot into one package for a small price. Server 2008R2 is the same price and requires manual configuration. SBS 2011 preconfigures AD, Exchange, Group Policy, Folder Redirection, Sharing, there are literally 100s of GPOs in SBS. The CALs are the same price too. Just remember RAM is your friend.

I know a lot people disagree but hardware makes a server a server in my opinion. I'd rather have dedicated RAID cards, redundant PSUs, and all that good stuff with Windows 7 than a desktop with SBS 2011. I typically upgrade every 5 years. That's about the time to replace the hard drives anyways. A hardware refresh is a good idea every 3-5 years. RAID Card is always verifying the array, checking the battery, etc. It's a definite plus in addition to the SBS report. I'm all green with the exception of missing updates. That darn AC installer messed up KB954430 (MSXML 4.0). So all of my computers show up as missing that update.

When did you get the SBS 2008 server?