IDCS3 - PDF Export Preferences for Initial View?

Is there a way to set preferences for an exported PDF's initial view? I'd like my PDFs to open as single-page (not continuous), sized to Fit In Window, without changing them manually in Acrobat. Thanks for any ideas you can offer!
Nat

That must be done in Acrobat.
Bob

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I don't believe this is a "Contribute" issue at all. I'm having the same problem with a .PDF of my own that I've published to the Web and I'm not using that software.
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