Incorrect display of punctuation (parentheses, periods) in .PDF forms.

The .PDF file attached here was downloaded from the US Department of Homeland Security. I need to fill in this form with Adobe Reader 9.1.3, but some of the punctuation is displayed and printed incorrectly positioned.
For example, in Section A of the form the line that should show "Family Name (Last Name)" shows "(Family Name (Last Name". It seems that when a line ends with a Closing Parenthesis, that parenthesis character appears at the BEGINNING of the line instead of where it should be--at the end of that line.
In some cases this happens also with the Period (.) character, as can be seen in Part 2 of this form. Perhaps this phenomenon is related to a bug in Adobe Reader while operating in an environment where Hebrew is activated in Windows XP Professional (SP3), which is my case, even though the form itself has no Hebrew content.
I have tried all possible combinations of the Edit --> Preferences --> International; that is:
Application Language
Default Reading Direction
Enable right-to-left language options
Select Font
but to no avail.
My System Parameters are:
Available Physical Memory: 900296 KB
Available Virtual Memory: 1891424 KB
BIOS Version: LENOVO - 48
Default Browser:
Default Mail: Microsoft Office Outlook
    mapi32.dll
    Version: 1.0.2536.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Graphics Card: Intel(R) 946GZ Express Chipset Family
    Version: 6.14.10.4764
    Check: Not Supported
Installed Acrobat:
Installed Acrobat: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe
    Version: 9.1.0.2009022700
    Creation Date: 2009/02/27
    Creation Time: 17:10:32
Locale: English (United States)
Monitor:
    Name: Intel(R) 946GZ Express Chipset Family
    Resolution: 1152 x 864 x 75
    Bits per pixel: 32
OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
OS Name: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Version: 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3
Page File Space: 4194303 KB
Processor: x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 13 GenuineIntel ~1995 Mhz
System Name: GARY
Temporary Directory: C:\DOCUME~1\Gary\LOCALS~1\Temp\
Time Zone: Jerusalem Standard Time
Total Physical Memory: 2086952 KB
Total Virtual Memory: 2097024 KB
User Name: Gary
Windows Directory: C:\WINDOWS
My installed Plug-ins are:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins\Accessibility.api
    Version: 9.1.0.2009022700
    Creation Date: 2009/02/27
    Creation Time: 16:30:36
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins\AcroForm.api
    Version: 9.1.2.82
    Creation Date: 2009/05/21
    Creation Time: 14:53:01
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins\Annots.api
    Version: 9.1.2.82
    Creation Date: 2009/05/21
    Creation Time: 04:55:00
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins\DigSig.api
    Version: 9.1.2.82
    Creation Date: 2009/05/21
    Creation Time: 14:49:24
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins\eBook.api
    Version: 9.1.0.2009022700
    Creation Date: 2009/02/27
    Creation Time: 16:30:46
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins\EScript.api
    Version: 9.1.2.82
    Creation Date: 2009/05/21
    Creation Time: 14:50:25
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins\IA32.api
    Version: 9.1.0.2009022700
    Creation Date: 2009/02/27
    Creation Time: 16:30:44
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins\Multimedia.api
    Version: 9.1.0.2009022700
    Creation Date: 2009/02/27
    Creation Time: 16:32:38
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins\PDDom.api
    Version: 9.1.0.2009022700
    Creation Date: 2009/02/27
    Creation Time: 16:31:04
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins\PPKLite.api
    Version: 9.1.2.82
    Creation Date: 2009/05/21
    Creation Time: 14:56:21
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins\ReadOutLoud.api
    Version: 9.1.0.2009022700
    Creation Date: 2009/02/27
    Creation Time: 16:30:52
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins\SaveAsRTF.api
    Version: 9.1.0.2009022700
    Creation Date: 2009/02/27
    Creation Time: 16:39:02
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins\Search.api
    Version: 9.1.2.82
    Creation Date: 2009/05/21
    Creation Time: 14:50:40
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins\SendMail.api
    Version: 9.1.0.2009022700
    Creation Date: 2009/02/27
    Creation Time: 16:32:46
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins\Spelling.api
    Version: 9.1.0.2009022700
    Creation Date: 2009/02/27
    Creation Time: 16:34:34
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins\Updater.api
    Version: 9.1.0.2009022700
    Creation Date: 2009/02/27
    Creation Time: 16:33:14
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins\weblink.api
    Version: 9.1.0.2009022700
    Creation Date: 2009/02/27
    Creation Time: 16:31:44
Thank you for any ideas on how I can print the document with the punctuation positioned correctly.

Thanks, but that gave me the same result.
GaryN6

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