Acrobat XI Markup tools always initially locked.

Is there a way to unlock the markup tools so that they remain unlocked for an entire markup session?  It us very cumbersome to have to unlock a tool for each use of the same tool  on the same page.  Does the automatically-locked tool feature serve a purpose?  For me it is a major obstacle to productivity.  If I select a tool by mistake, I have to unlock it even to remove it from the page.  Ideal for me would be to be able to make the default setting on my computer to be "tools unlocked until I intentionally lock them".  Second choice would be for the user to be able to make "unlocked" the default markup tool setting for a given document and user.  As a minimum, I should not have to unlock each tool more that once during a markup session.

Thank you Gilad.  It didn't work like that but here's what I did that worked:
1. Select a tool & place it on the document.
2. Right click on tool; select properties; click on locked in order to unlock; click on OK.
3. Right click on tool; select properties; click on "make current properties default".
4. Repeat for each tool.

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