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Hi irap,

I believe it has always been that way- that is to say the author of the document has control over how the viewer sees the PDF initially by setting the Initial View parameters in Acrobat.  The viewer can change the view after they open the PDF in Reader or Acrobat, but initial view is "authors choice."

Hope this helps,

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
www.pdfscripting.com
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Precedence for any given PDF's initial Page Layout and Zoom is established by the values set, if any, by the content author in the PDF's Document Properties.
File > Properties > Initial View tab - values set in the Layout and Magnification tab.
Some authoring applications allow pre-setting the Magnification value (e.g., FrameMaker).
Typically, these PDF properties would be set by the content author as a post-processing activity.
If many PDFs are involved a Batch Sequence might be used.

Otherwise the default for a PDF's Layout and Magnification would be:
Navigation tab: Page Only
Page Layout: Default
Magnification: Default
"Default" would be the value set in Acrobat Reader or Adobe Acrobat.
Edit > Preferences > Page Display Category
- at the top -
Page Layout: <whatever value> & Zoom: <whatever value>

This is the behavior I've observed in Acrobat 4.x through 9.x and Adobe Reader 4.x through 9.x

Note that *any* user with Acrobat 4.x, 5.x (full), 6.x (Standard | Professional), 7.x (Standard | Professional | 3D),
8.x (Standard | Professional | 3D), or 9.x (Standard | Professional | Professional Extended) has the ability to modify a PDF's Document Properties > Initial View settings.
The modified file, in a shared location, would then exhibit "changed' behavior.

Take a sample PDF set. In its Description tab of the Document Properties observe the entries for "Created" and "Modified". Look at one you shipped out. Look at a copy of what the customer is using. Compare Modify dates.
If nothing else, an 'intel data point'.

Be well...