Documents opened in Acrobat XI are hard to read

I apologize for this post being in the wrong forum. Unfortunately, Adobe did not see fit to create a forum for the most basic problems.
Here is the problem: Whenever I open a PDF with text in it, it is virtually unreadable to my eyes. The pixelation and dimensions of the letters make the letters horrible to read. To make the difference visible to you here are screen captures of the same document viewed using different apps. (BTW, I am running Win 8-64 bit).
Windows Reader:
Acrobat XI View:
Acrobat 9 Pro View:
The difference should be obvious. Moreover, I also replicated the same differential on both our Mac and out Win 8 32 bit, so the problem is inherent in Acrobat XI and not system nor machine related.
The problem extends across most but not all documents and means of accessing: documents I receive, documents I create by using print>adobe. HOWEVER, when I create straight from IE using the toolbar, I seem to get a better version sometimes.
This is really an issue when I am trying to read/form an e-book in PDF form.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Michael

I believe you have a preference setting in XI not set correctly. In the Mac Version check the following:
In windows the setting may be named differen but should still be there. The item about Screen resolution could be set to automatic

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