Numbers update 3.6 (2557) numbers format not working

Does this happen on newly created documents?

What Data Format have you selected?

SG

I'm running Numbers 3.6 under El Capitan on a MacBook Pro.

I have a definitely aggravating problem with number formatting in Numbers due to the fact that the System decimal separator, in my case a comma, is not recognized by Numbers, neither automatically nor even by imposing cell data formatting.

For example, if I start Numbers with a brand new blank file, and in a cell I type 33,96 well, Numbers doesn't recognize it as a number and it remains aligned to the left. And if I format another cell to the Number format before hand, and specifiy two decimal places, then when I enter the same value of 33,96 in this cell, it becomes 3396,00 !

I haven't found any parameter setting in Numbers that controls this behavior.

I've closed (delete) the file, closed Numbers, restarted the Mac, reopened Numbers with a new blank file. Same behavior.

Am I doing something wrong or dos Apple need to do some homework?

Apple, could you please ask the new version of Numbers (3.6) to go and find out what System Preferences>Language and Region>General>Grouping and Decimal says the user would like, and use that. I’ve just opened a document to find “,” as the thousands separator, where I require “ “. (While I’m at it, it seems to me that every new version of Numbers is a little less usable than the one before. Where is AppleWorks GS when I need it?)

Alex

MacBook Pro, OS 10.10.5

Hi Maculata,

We're fellow users here. If you wish to give feedback to Apple, then in your menu you can go to Numbers > Provide Numbers Feedback.

SG

Will do, SGIII. Thanks for your response.

Alex

Confirmed, yippie! I was glad to see your post Manesh.

Thanks Apple.

MSB

Thanks, Manesh, and thanks, Apple.

Alex