By using Inspector, i found the way to create and insert a scrolldown list ; however the list has to be created from inserting each line at a time; what i am looking for is a way of creating a scrolldown large(30 to 100 lines) list.

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By using inspector, i found a way to create and insert a scrolldown list (*) in a cell ; however it can only be done one line at a time .what i am looking for is to create a bigger scrolldown list ( from 30 to 100 lines ) and in excel we can do it by copy and paste from an other doc...there must be a way with Numbers !!! any ideas ?
(*)...go to inspector/4th icon to he left/format/local menu/and then input the list one by one...and it creates a scrolldown list where you cursor was located in numbers.
please help....

Answer 1

If you need to use this kind of objects, my guess is that it would be better to use an other application like libreOffice.
At an user request, I wrote an AppleScript grabbing the list from a table embedded in the Numbers document.
Here is an enhanced version.
--{code}
--[SCRIPT fake-scrolldown-list]
Enregistrer le script en tant que Script : fake-scrolldown-list.scpt
déplacer le fichier ainsi créé dans le dossier
<VolumeDeDémarrage>:Utilisateurs:<votreCompte>:Bibliothèque:Scripts:Applications :Numbers:
Il vous faudra peut-être créer le dossier Numbers et peut-être même le dossier Applications.
Sélectionner une cellule dans une table d'un document Numbers.
Aller au menu Scripts , choisir Numbers puis choisir “fake-scrolldown-list”
Le script extrait la liste d'articles de la table « la_liste » de la feuille contenant la table ci-dessus.
Il demande de choisir un article puis dépose celui-ci dans la cellule sélectionnée.
ATTENTION : À la demande d'un utilisateur, Le script utilise un nom de table localisé.
Je n'aime pas cela parce que de ce fait, lorsque le script est utilisé sur un système Français,
il requiert une table nommée "la_liste" mais lorsqu'il est utilisé sur un système Anglais il requiert la table "the_list".
--=====
L’aide du Finder explique:
L’Utilitaire AppleScript permet d’activer le Menu des scripts :
Ouvrez l’Utilitaire AppleScript situé dans le dossier Applications/AppleScript.
Cochez la case “Afficher le menu des scripts dans la barre de menus”.
Sous 10.6.x,
aller dans le panneau “Général” du dialogue Préférences de l’Éditeur Applescript
puis cocher la case “Afficher le menu des scripts dans la barre des menus”.
--=====
Save the script as a Script: fake-scrolldown-list.scpt
Move the newly created file into the folder:
<startup Volume>:Users:<yourAccount>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Numbers:
Maybe you would have to create the folder Numbers and even the folder Applications by yourself.
Select a cell in a table of a Numbers document.
Go to the Scripts Menu, choose Numbers, then choose “fake-scrolldown-list”
The script extract the list of allowed items from the table “the_list” which must sit in the same sheet that the table embedding the selected cell.
It urge to choose an item then insert it in the selected cell.
CAUTION : I use different names for the required table according to the language in use on user request.
I dislike this feature because a document built by a French user sent to an English one will fail.
On the French system the script ask for the table "la_liste" but it ask for the table "the_list" on an English system.
--=====
The Finder’s Help explains:
To make the Script menu appear:
Open the AppleScript utility located in Applications/AppleScript.
Select the “Show Script Menu in menu bar” checkbox.
Under 10.6.x,
go to the General panel of AppleScript Editor’s Preferences dialog box
and check the “Show Script menu in menu bar” option.
--=====
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France)
2011/12/31
--=====
on run
          local dName, sName, tName, rowNum1, colNum1, rowNum2, colNum2, myListe, maybe
          set {dName, sName, tName, rowNum1, colNum1, rowNum2, colNum2} to my get_SelParams()
          tell application "Numbers" to tell document dName to tell sheet sName
Extract the list of allowed values from the dedicated table *)
                    if my parleAnglais() then
                              "the_list"
                    else
                              "la_liste"
                    end if
                    tell table result
                              set myListe to value of every cell of column 1
                    end tell
                    set maybe to choose from list myListe
If we select the Cancel button, exit silently *)
                    if maybe is false then error number -128
Fill the selected cell with the choosed value *)
                    tell table tName
                              set value of cell rowNum1 of column colNum1 to (item 1 of maybe as text)
                    end tell
          end tell -- Numbers…
end run
--=====
set { dName, sName, tName,  rowNum1, colNum1, rowNum2, colNum2} to my get_SelParams()
tell application "Numbers" to tell document dName to tell sheet sName to tell table tName
on get_SelParams()
          local d_Name, s_Name, t_Name, row_Num1, col_Num1, row_Num2, col_Num2
          tell application "Numbers" to tell document 1
                    set d_Name to its name
                    set s_Name to ""
                    repeat with i from 1 to the count of sheets
                              tell sheet i to set maybe to the count of (tables whose selection range is not missing value)
                              if maybe is not 0 then
                                        set s_Name to name of sheet i
                                        exit repeat
                              end if -- maybe is not 0
                    end repeat
                    if s_Name is "" then
                              if my parleAnglais() then
                                        error "No sheet has a selected table embedding at least one selected cell !"
                              else
                                        error "Aucune feuille ne contient une table ayant au moins une cellule sélectionnée !"
                              end if
                    end if
                    tell sheet s_Name to tell (first table where selection range is not missing value)
                              tell selection range
                                        set {top_left, bottom_right} to {name of first cell, name of last cell}
                              end tell
                              set t_Name to its name
                              tell cell top_left to set {row_Num1, col_Num1} to {address of its row, address of its column}
                              if top_left is bottom_right then
                                        set {row_Num2, col_Num2} to {row_Num1, col_Num1}
                              else
                                        tell cell bottom_right to set {row_Num2, col_Num2} to {address of its row, address of its column}
                              end if
                    end tell -- sheet…
                    return {d_Name, s_Name, t_Name, row_Num1, col_Num1, row_Num2, col_Num2}
          end tell -- Numbers
end get_SelParams
--=====
on parleAnglais()
          local z
          try
                    tell application "Numbers" to set z to localized string "Cancel"
          on error
                    set z to "Cancel"
          end try
          return (z is not "Annuler")
end parleAnglais
--=====
--[/SCRIPT]
--{code}
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