Preview bypassing PDF view settings

Hey guys, another Preview issue here.  I created a PDF using Adobe Acrobat Pro.  The PDF setting on the file is to open in Single Page view with Bookmarks Panel showing.
Preview opens it in complete disregard for these settings and I have to view it in Single Page and turn on Table of Contents manually. I only have to do this the first time I view the file and then it remembers, but it doesn't save it universally.  If I send it to somebody else with Lion they experience the same issue.  Snow Leopard preview seems to abide the settings the PDF was made with.
I would really appreciate it if somebody has a solution for this.

Im looking for this same problem. I use preview daily for school material when I study. I hate the default setting. I might have to start use adobe acrobat itself.

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