Creating a pop-down using a range of cells (Like Excel LIST feature)

Can this be done in numbers. Instead of typing the data into a pop-up list to be pasted in an ongoing long spreadsheet, I was wondering if Numbers supports a similiar feature to Excel's MANAGE LISTS which allows the drop down to be locked to a range of cells instead. I know they are very similar, but wondering?
-Kevin

Kevin,
Presently Drop-Down menu's can't be created from cell ranges in Numbers. It sounds like a good feature, and has been asked about many times here. You can Send Feedback to the Numbers team and tell them what you would like to see in the next version of Numbers. The Feedback link is under the Numbers menu item.
Jerry

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