# Will a German copy of Adobe Photoshop Elements display menus, etc, in English? Will I have other problems running it in the US?

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**Created:** [March 18, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-german-copy-of-adobe-photoshop-elements-display-menus-etc-in-english-will-i-have-other-problems-running-it-in-the-us/1015790 "2025-03-18T20:59:05Z")\
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I can buy a new, unregistered copy of the edition of Photoshop Elements I want from Germany, but will I have any issues using it here in the US? Can I switch it to English menus, and use standard US keyboard layout? Any other potential problems.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-german-copy-of-adobe-photoshop-elements-display-menus-etc-in-english-will-i-have-other-problems-running-it-in-the-us/1015790/2 "2025-03-18T21:15:18Z")

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I don’t know Elements, but Adobe has a hugely active online community to answer questions like this.  
[Re: Changing language Adobe Photoshop Elements 202... - Adobe Community - 13851466](https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-elements-discussions/changing-language-adobe-photoshop-elements-2023/m-p/13851556)

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**Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-german-copy-of-adobe-photoshop-elements-display-menus-etc-in-english-will-i-have-other-problems-running-it-in-the-us/1015790/3 "2025-03-18T21:19:35Z")

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Side note: Maybe download a trial version (of the latest version) to see how it works there?

Also gonna put in a vote for [Paint.net](https://www.getpaint.net/) (desktop software for Windows) or [PhotoPea](https://www.photopea.com/) (web app), both free photo editing tools that might be good enough.

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Don’t most of these programs have a “select your language” option? If the language is supported, you can change to it. I think…

My Adobe Reader, for example, says “select language”. My options are English or same as operating system…