Format bar in Numbers

The user manual show on page 120 the format bar having icons for Bold underline and italics yet they do not appear on my format bat which resembles the format bar on page 25 (without these format features) Is there some way to turn them on in the format bar?

I am at the office, and cannot verify this, but I remember hearing that the format bar is dynamic, just like the Inspector. This is a feature that makes it so that buttons that have nothing to do with the data your working with don't clutter up the button bars. Only pertinent operations appear for you.
More than once in MS products, I try to click on a button and get frustrated trying to figure out why it isn't working. If it wasn't there, It would be an indicator I forgot something, or can't do it with that kind of data.
Hope this helps clarify it,
Jason

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