Opening or Saving As using keyboard alone (without mouse)

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For users who need to limit mouse use (for speed and avoiding wrist strain), OS 10.5.4 initially creates a roadblock to using the Open or Save As command in Microsoft applications (and probably others). There are no obvious keyboard combinations for navigating among folders, volumes, drives, etc. to get to the one you need to open or into which you need to save. But I've found that the following keyboard combinations work for this purpose. (In each case, you do these AFTER activating the "Open" or "Save As" command.)
(1) To get to a higher level in your computer or network, hold down the Apple-command key and press the up arrow key several times. (After you reach the highest level, further presses have no effect, so it doesn't hurt to do this several times.) After you have done this enough times, the "Open" or "Save As" dialog box will display the folders, volumes, drives, etc. at the highest level in you computer and/or network. But you can't yet select any of them without using the mouse.
(2) Now press the tab key three times. This normally results in selecting one of those folders, volumes, drives, etc. (Which one it selects isn't important, because you can now navigate among them by either of the methods described in step (3)). If your network or system is different from mine, you may need to press the tab key a different number of times.
(3) Then simply type the first character in the name of the item at that level that you need to open (or press the up or down arrow keys until you get to it). When you have thus selected it, press shift-return to open it.
If the place you need to get to is within what you just opened, repeat step (3), typing the first character of the item at that level that you need to open, then pressing shift-return to open it. This will take you down the hierarchy one step at a time, and will soon get you to the item you need to open or the folder into which you need to save.
I hope the above is understandable. These keyboard combinations are especially useful if you use a utility like QuicKeys to create macros (QuicKey's creator calls them "shortcuts") to automate your work and reduce strain on the wrist of your mouse hand.
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Answer 1

This does not seem to be Acrobat issue. It happens with other products too. Tried with Notepad and WordPad and it does not retain the File View settings. File>Open or File>Save dialogs are Windows dialog and settings that affect the file view is totally Microsoft's settings. I was browsing through the same issue and people have complaint about the same etc. However, I could not find the registry key which changes this setting.
Message was edited by: Subrato Namata