Please help! Can't make commas (thousands separator) appear in numbers

I open Pages. I type in a number (123456). While cell is still selected, I open Inspector and select Cell Format = Number. I then check the Thousands Separator checkbox. It does NOT put commas in my number.
Any help greatly appreciated!

A couple of thoughts:
First, make sure you have US formatting as the default for numbers (not the program Numbers) in System Preferences > International > Formats.
In the table inspector click on Format & make sure the cell is formatted to number & press Enter/Return/Tab to move out of the cell & see if it "takes" then.
If none of that works, it could be corrupt preferences. Quit Pages & then delete the com.apple.iwork.pages.plist file found in HD > Users > (your account) > Library > Preferences.
Fruhulda,
The thousands separator in the US (where the OP is) is a comma & the decimal is a period/full stop/dot.
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