No "PDF Portfolio task pane" on Intel Mac!!!

Acrobat 9 Pro has different behaviors between Intel Mac and PowerPC Mac !!!
On Intel Mac, I cannot change the default layout of any PDF Portfolios, because the "PDF Portfolio task pane" doesn't show, so there's no way to touch the "CHOOSE A LAYOUT" button.
But on PowerPC Mac, everything is fine.
I think it's a serious bug which only affect Intel Mac. Please confirm this.
Thanks.
(I attached screenshot of new created PDF Portfolio window under Intel Mac and PowerPC Mac)

Hi, Steve
I just found the key to trigger this "bug". In Acrobat or Reader's Preferences, choose "International", and there's a "Choose Font" option. I can choose between "Application Default Font" and "GB18030 compliant Font" (I don't know if this later GB18030 option shows in non-Chinese environment).
If I choose the GB18030 option, I won't see the "PDF Portfolio task pane". I think I don't need this option, so I recover the old settings. (Obviously my Acrobat system files are not broken, but I cannot explain why simply delete all preferences in my home directory didn't work -- maybe this option are not stored in my home directory).
Regards,
Chun Tian (binghe)

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