Save layer visibility states into new PDF

Hi there,
I have a document that is a floorplan of a building. I have created color layers to highlight specific rooms (e.g. Office 1, Office 2, Women's/Men's room, Storage room, etc.). I would like to save the PDF (overwrite or as a new PDF) with certain layers turned on so that the next time it is opened (by me or a client), the highlighted rooms are still showing. I found a somewhat convoluted way of doing this in Acrobat using Bookmarks and tying a "Set layer visibility" Action to it, but I am not sure how to go about doing it in Reader. Or should I look into creating a button or JavaScript in Acrobat so that it can complete the same tasks in Reader?
Thank you for your help,
Serge

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