Further to my earlier reply: A new option introduced in Acrobat/Reader 8.0 lets you disable the activation of article threads when you click with the Hand tool:
Edit > Preferences, General, Basic Tools, turn off the "Make Hand tool read articles" option. >Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 >To: Jon Harvey <JHarvey at cambridgesoft.com> >From: Shlomo Perets <shlomo2 at microtype.com> >Subject: Re: prevent click zoom in acrobat and reader >Cc: Framers at FrameUsers.com > >Jon, > >You wrote: > >>One thing that drives me crazy about acrobat and reader is that I get so >>many PDF files that zoom in whenever I click in the document window. It >>also happens on my own docs that I create. Is there a way to prevent >>this from happening? I looked in the acrobat 7.0 pro Help and it only >>mentions the zoom toolbar. This occurs without even having the toolbar >>open. >> >>How do I prevent docs from zooming in when I click on them? > >If you see the down-pointing arrow inside the hand cursor, then this is >the Article feature. Very often "article threads" are present in PDFs as a >result of default settings, and cause more problems than the limited >benefits they may offer if defined correctly -- see >http://www.microtype.com/Hmmms.html#0406 ("Help! Acrobat article threads!"). >[ The limited functionality of articles in Acrobat was made even more >limited in Acrobat/Reader 7 by the new preference of "Enable text >selection for the Hand tool" ] > >To prevent articles from being created in PDFs, turn off "Articles" in the >Bookmarks tab in FrameMaker's PDF Setup dialog box. > >If the article thread is already present in the PDF, you can delete using >the Article tool in Acrobat. > > >Shlomo Perets > >MicroType, http://www.microtype.com * ToolbarPlus Express for FrameMaker >FrameMaker/Acrobat training & consulting * FrameMaker-to-Acrobat >TimeSavers/Assistants >Template Design, Single Sourcing, FM-to-PDF & Technical Indexing seminars