Impossible to format cells in numbers

A range of cells is formatted as numbers, but when I enter a number, it displays as text (cells at random) and I can't reformat then into numbers using cells > number.  This causes formulas using invalid text cells.  I transferred this worksheet to another user, I created and it works fine. I installed all available updates.

Assuming that you have restarted your Mac and done the usual troubleshooting steps you can try to select a cell that is giving you trouble and pressing the "Del" key  Then, you may need to enter a number of successes.

SG

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