how to set the cursor tool to select tool when opening acrobat XI 11.0 instead of Hand Tool

I need the cursor tool to default to Select Tool and NOT Hand Tool when opening Acrobat XI 11.0 - I have tried everything. I know most people want the default to be Hand Tool but I need it to be Select Tool when opening my documents in Acrobat XI Pro


MK Willden


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Voted Best Answer

I don't think that's possible.

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By Gilad D (try67)   

Hai Willden,

You can do one of the following:
1. Disable the option "Make Hand tool read articles" from Edit > Preferences > General. This will disable the feature that makes clicking on the hand tool result in zoom into the articles
2. Choose a different tool, say Select Tool by going to Tools > Select and Zoom > Select Tool.

Note that the above settings are stored in your preferences (~/.adobe) and are remembered in subsequent uses of Adobe Reader.

Hope this helps.
Pugaz


Pugazhvendan Irusappan   

Hi,

Go to Preferences : General and tick the "Make Hand tool select text & images" checkbox.

Then the (default) Hand tool will always act as the Select tool upon text & images, and act as the Hand tool otherwise.

;-)


JR Boulay   


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