This occurs whether there is a text box to be filled in or using the add text function. There may be other things also crashing it but this is the biggest issue for me on my Mac host system. If I open the same documents in a Windows VM using Reader, I can enter text without difficulty.
Mac 10.8.4
Acrobat XI Version 11.0.03
Here's some of the error message displayed:
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Application Specific Information:
abort() called
terminate called throwing an exception
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x929d3a6a __pthread_kill + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x96905b2f pthread_kill + 101
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x9693c4ec abort + 168
3 libc++abi.dylib 0x94e1a7e0 abort_message + 151
4 libc++abi.dylib 0x94e18249 default_terminate() + 34
5 libc++abi.dylib 0x94e18289 safe_handler_caller(void (*)()) + 13
6 libc++abi.dylib 0x94e182f1 std::terminate() + 23
7 libc++abi.dylib 0x94e193e6 __cxa_throw + 110
8 com.adobe.linguistic.LinguisticManager 0x14054a46 0x1404e000 + 27206
9 com.adobe.linguistic.LinguisticManager 0x1405dabb devtech::LM_FileSpec::LM_FileSpec(FSRef const&) + 43
10 com.adobe.AcrobatPlugin.Spelling 0x1340b733 0x133d0000 + 243507
11 com.adobe.AcrobatPlugin.Spelling 0x1340b05e 0x133d0000 + 241758
12 com.adobe.AcrobatPlugin.Spelling 0x1340affb 0x133d0000 + 241659
13 com.adobe.AcrobatPlugin.Spelling 0x13400acb 0x133d0000 + 199371
14 com.adobe.Acrobat.framework 0x00286b29 0xda000 + 1755945
15 com.adobe.Acrobat.framework 0x0028666a 0xda000 + 1754730
16 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9743c406 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_TIMER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 22
17 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9743bda5 __CFRunLoopDoTimer + 709
18 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x97420bb2 __CFRunLoopRun + 1842
19 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9742001a CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 378
20 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9741fe8b CFRunLoopRunInMode + 123
21 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9017ff5a RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 242
22 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9017fbf5 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 162
23 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9017fb44 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 88
24 com.apple.AppKit 0x9070f93a _DPSNextEvent + 724
25 com.apple.AppKit 0x9070f16c -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 119
26 com.apple.AppKit 0x907055cc -[NSApplication run] + 855
27 com.adobe.Acrobat.framework 0x000e38b0 0xda000 + 39088
28 com.adobe.Acrobat.framework 0x000e1ff3 RunAcrobat + 307
29 com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro 0x000d3ed5 main + 91
30 com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro 0x000d3e71 start + 53