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Hi Mike, 

Is there a way to force Acrobat reader to keep the same behavior that it already has for bookmarks referencing areas of the same PDF when I reference links to other PDFs? 

I think what you desire is a property of the individual PDF. After opening one of the PDFs which "takes over the whole view window", click File > Document Properties > Open Options. Under Initial View, I expect the Page Only radio button to be selected. Notice the Bookmarks and Page radio button. 

Select the Bookmarks and Page radio button. Save the PDF. Now when you open the PDF, the bookmarks in the Navigation window should remain. 

If that's what you desire ... open each of the remaining 22 PDFs and repeat the Open Options setting. 

Batch Sequences - I looked on my Acrobat 5.0 CDROM for a batch sequence which would automate this. Couldn't find one. Doesn't mean it's impossible. I'll look into it later. 

Distiller Options - I looked in the Distiller for a Job Setting which would set the Open Options when the PDF was created, couldn't find one. 

On a separate note, what viewer is used if we moved to a FrameMaker environment? 

Depends .... Comparing your current workflow, FrameMaker replaces Word as your authoring environment for the PDFs. Either author in FrameMaker, or continue authoring in Word, then copy the content to FrameMaker, and setup your FrameMaker document to create the PDF(s). Depends on your environment.