wHEN i EDIT A DOCUMENT IN aCROBAT PRO, Hebrew and not english characters are displayed.

Thanks, I will follow up on all suggestions. 

My suspicion is that you have conflicts between English and Hebrew versions of Acrobat, possibly with other Adobe applications as well.

If you go to your Preferences dialog box, On the PC you get there with the Edit>Preferences… menu command; on the Mac, you access that same pull down menu command through the Acrobat pull-down menu. There is one areas you want to check to ensure which language you’re using with the program.

• Select to the Language dialog from the left side list of Categories: in the Preferences dialog box. In the Application Language: options box, the default is Same as the operating system. That’s convenient, but as you already know, occasionally fraught with peril. Switch it to English (US) and you should be past your problem … again. You can switch back to English (Hebrew characters I cannot reproduce here), or dedicated Hebrew if that’s the version of Acrobat you possess, when you want to edit Hebrew.
• Switching the language to the one you want to use here is the best way to get Acrobat to respond in the language you want to use. Relying on a default will occasionally result in you getting rude surprises you do not want … again. The computer has no idea of what you want it to do, only to respond the way it has been programmed. 
• If that frustrates you, you need to tell it how you want it to respond. The first bullet point is where you can tell it how to respond to you.

Copy this response down and keep it handy. It will keep you from getting frustrated and being insulting about the “horrible system” you’re using to get help for fixing your problem … again.

Randy

The work around did not work.   The system was up to date already, no updating needed

I am trying to change a date, so I select the insertion point, backspace over the old numbers, and type the new numbers.  These appear in Hebrew.   I have had this problem repeatedly over the last 2-3 years and a technician has connected to my system and sorted it out. One thing they had to do was switch off the new interface.  This is when the problem started and they said it was known bug. 

It happens with all documents. English works fine everywhere else.  Its the current version of acrobat updated automatically and W11 Pro

I will try the workaround

Hi @MichaelGamlen1,

Thank you for reaching out. I understand how disruptive it can be when Hebrew characters appear while you’re editing English text in Acrobat Pro.

To help us understand the workflow, please let us know:

• Does this occur when editing existing text, adding new text, or both?
• Is the same result seen with all PDFs or only certain documents?
• Does English work correctly in other applications on the same computer?
• Which Acrobat Pro and operating system versions are currently in use?
• If possible, share a short screen recording showing the text-editing workflow.

In the meantime, you may try the following workaround suggested below:

1. Open the PDF in Acrobat Pro and select Edit.
2. Click the affected text and check the selected font in the formatting panel.
3. To review the default font used when adding text, go to Menu > Preferences > Content Editing > Font Options, select an English-compatible font, save the changes, and restart Acrobat. Set default fonts in Acrobat on desktop | Adobe Acrobat
4. Check for updates under Menu > Help > Check for Updates, install any available update, and restart the computer.

We hope this helps. Let us know if you need any assistance.

Regards,

^PV