How can I have Acrobat Pro v8 and v7 installed but have v7 as default?

I just re-formatted my hard drive and reinstalled CS3 Design Standard.
I need the better quality voice to read pdf docs to me. The voice in Version 7 is very much better. Yet when I select a pdf file and go to info, where it shows what will open it -- it WILL NOT let me specify Acrobat 7 permanently. It keeps popping back to Acrobat 8. Same problem before I reformatted the drive and re-installed everything. so the issue is within Acrobat.
How can I get it to do what I'm asking short of zipping the version 8 file and leaving only Acrobat 7 in my Applications folder?
This is annoying having to keep Acrobat 8 hobbled.
Thanks.
I have OSX 10.4.11 PPC.

Gosh wish I could proof read what I write and can catch mistakes.
I'm going to try again. correcting mistakes and I will bold face corrections:
Try the following This *doesn't* work for the MSOffice2008 but usually does for others.
On OSX.4.11.
choose a group of PDF's (more than 5).
now either control-click or right click on the group and wait for context menu to open up.
select get *Summary Info* on the group.
now when get info window is open look for default application.
If acrobat 8 is selected click on button and locate acrobat 7. release when mouse when 7 is selected.
Below That will be another button That says make default for all files of this type. click on That button.
close get *Summary Info window*. Test.
Now if you need a PDF opened in 8 either open 8 first then choose desired file or if you have the Acrobat 8 icon in the Dock drag and drop document on the icon of Acrobat 8
IF you retry then Acrobat is like Office2008 setting this has no effect.
In this case you can highlight the File go to finder menu File and choose open with. you have to wait for a list to be created of applications that will open. Choose desired version of Acrobat or Reader from there.
Or if you have icon of both Acrobat 7 and 8 in the dock, drop the file on the icon of Acrobat 7.
See if I did better this time.

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