Column with consecutive numbers in Numbers '09

Very simple question -- I did a search for this, but because my query involves the word "Numbers," it returned everything!
Okay, I have a list of 500 rows. I want to add a very simple column in Column A, that simply has "1" in Row 1, "2" in Row 2, all the way down to "500" in Row 500. If I type "1" into the first column, I can't seem to drag the cell down and do that -- it just inserts "1" into the entire column, which isn't what I want.
In other words, I want Column A to very simply look like this:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
etc.
What's the right way to do that? Thanks.

It probably is in the Numbers '09 User Guide, but if you don't know the answer, and haven't developed some good search techniques, it's one you might have trouble finding in the Guide.
John's subject line suggests he'd search using "consecutive" (zero occurrences), "number" (vast number of occurrences) or both words together (zero occurrences due to the absence of "consecutive").
"pattern" works, but I found that out by scanning Chapter 4, finding the paragraph that dealt with this, then using what appeared to be a potent word for a search. "You can also add values to cells based on value patterns" is the first line of a paragraph on page 76 (not 78, which deals with conditional formatting) of the English language edition of the guide.
I for one appreciate that John did a search, whether of the Guide or of this forum, before posting his question. That his search was unsuccessful is not really surprising; the information is moderately well hidden.
Regards,
Barry

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