AI cs3 -- weird tool bar

AI CS3 is showing a very weird toolbar. Every toolbar option is prefaced by this string: $$$/_MBAR/MNU/VISIBLE which makes it impossible to see the options. I must have installed some kind of plug-in that's kicked in but I can't remember what it was, or when, and I can't seem to get rid of this. I've already trashed my preferences twice.
Anyone know what this is and how to restore the original toolbar?
Thanks in advance.
S

It was a while ago, so I don't remember the exact steps we took, but if you just installed a Hebrew font too, my money is on that being the problem... Poke around in your system settings and make sure that there's not some other place where Hebrew is set up. Keyboard?
When we had it happen here, it also seemed like all the menu options that were garbled all meant "quit." Is that the case with you as well or are you able to still use Illustrator while it's all garbled? If you are still able to use it, there may be something else going on here.

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