Bookmarks Truncating in Acrobat

I am converting from XML to PDF and lengthy bookmarks always seem to get truncated. How can I get Acrobat to stop truncating these bookmarks?
Frank

The previous posters all seem very expert in Acrobat, so I expect they would not be confused between the bookmark name stored in the PDF and the text that is actually displayed. Nevertheless I describe that issue for the benefit of non-experts reading this article.
The text that is displayed in the bookmarks panel can vary depending upon the size of the text ('font'), and the width of the panel. For example, in one document I have a top-level bookmark "R1. CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE NATURE OF THE SLUDGE MATERIAL FORMED". In the smallest font, this displays perfectly with the default/typical panel width in Acrobat 9.1.0. But with the medium-size font I see only "R1. CONDITIONS AFFECTING", and with the large font I might see only "R1. CONDITIONS". However, the full text can be viewed by increasing the width of the bookmarks panel — or by clicking the bookmark (as if) to rename it.
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