Performance of new version of Numbers versus Old version

I only use Numbers to keep track of some small sales figures and work out pricing for products I sell and stuff. Not much.
The old version of Numbers, the one before this new version for dummies, that launched on my Late 2012 iMac in one single second. For real, seriously, that fast.
This new version? I can load up Safari with a dozen YouTube videos in tabs and they ALL load before this new version has finished booting itself up. It's astonishingly slow to launch. How? Why?!

Hi Csound1,
Document ("try Numbers '09") created and saved in Numbers '09
In Finder, right click (or control click) and Get Info
Choose Open With Numbers 2.3
Change All...
Click on Continue
Now double click on that document in finder. It opens with Numbers 3.2
Please review this User Tip:
Wayne Contello has written a User Tip for working with the old and new versions of iWork.
Need newer version of Numbers to open file
Regards,
Ian

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Select the whole column or range before formatting as Pop-Up Menu and your existing values in that column or range will pre-populate a menu automatically:
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the prompt to update the same version to a later step would have appeared, or
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Error 1406. Could not write to value to key\CLSID\{7A7FB085-6068-4898-8CCA-480A9187277C}\Local Server 32. Verify that you have sufficient access to that Key, or contact your support personnel.
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Error 1406. Could not write to value to key\CLSID\{B75250E3-56AE-465D-8A55-CE7A3CEO3112}\inprocServer32 Verify that you have sufficient access to that Key, or contact your support personnel.
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