Form views in Acrobat 9 Pro

In Acrobat 9 Pro, when creating forms and testing the fields, I have to jump back and forth between Preview and Edit Layout view. In Preview view, the list of form fields on the left disappears; back in Edit Layout view the list of form fields reappears. This causes the view percent of my form to change each time I switch views.
Is there a way to suppress the list of fields so that my form doesn't keep jumping from one viewing percentage to another? It is very distracting.

I've already extended the rights and made sure to save to activate that... as well as password protected the docs etc... still nothing...
I am aware that those with Basic Adobe Reader need rights extended to be able to use functions available to Adobe Pro.

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