AA Pro here, relatively new install. In prior Acrobat versions changing the Initial View spec (in Doc Properties) would make the file 'dirty' (as in savable) so that the change would 'take'. Now, it seems I can't save the Initial View settings with the doc -- the Save icon is grayed out, and closing & reopening shows the doc without the panel open. Why doesn't the View setting stick?
The only method I've found to make it stick is to change the Initial View setting and then manually mangle one of the bookmarks, save, unmangle the bookmark, and save again!
This can't be the official method, eh??
What's the secret? I've got 66 files to do this to, so this is not a fun prospect....
this.pane = 'Bookmarks';
To add this to a large number of PDFs you can use the Batch Processor to 'addScript(cName, cScript)'
this.addScript("OpenBookmarks","this.pane = \"B\";");
George Kaiser