Save a PDF that preserves the size when opening.

I start with my photoshop file. I save as a pdf. When opening PDF it opens 2X the size of my orginal photoshop file. I then hit command 0 to see orginal size, but it still is much bigger than my photoshop file.
I would like the best viewing experinece for my PDF and I want it to open exactly the size of my photoshop file. It is annoying when it opens bigger. How do I do this?
Thank you for your help.

Well, your "Viewing size" is really an abstract idea. The size you see it on screen obviously depends on your zoom factor. In Photoshop you might view it at 100%. In Acrobat, you can't really see it at 100% pixel size. The Acrobat defaults are to open documents as continuous pages, single pages, fit page in window, maximize the width on screen etc.
Also consider that 100% pixel view in Photoshop is not 100% size in Acrobat, because Acrobat considers the size of the document in inches or cm. But 100% pixel view in PS will be the same if it's 72dpi or 300dpi. See you might have a 1000 px wide image, and in PS the 1:1 view takes up, let's say for example, almost  your whole screen (if your monitor is 1280x1024). But if you image is 500dpi, Acrobat thinks that it's only 2 inches wide, and will display it very small on screen, physically about 2 inches wide.
I believe that in Acrobat you can set some document properties for initial display, but you have to do that in Acrobat, not Photoshop. I am sure of that. So you might be able to adjust it somewhat.

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