Hand Tool Default in Acrobat 9

I hope this is an easy question, but it has been bugging me since my last update.  When I view a PDF (Acrobat 9 Pro) the select tool is the default.  I cannot find any setting that will make the hand tool be the default.  Does anyone know where this setting is, or some other way to save your preferences?

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