How can I organize data by name in a drop down menu?

I created a spread sheet with several drop down menus. The problem I am having is how to organize my data by name. Every new entry is at the bottom of the drop down and can't be moved to a different location. This gets very confusing as I add more names to the drop down cell. In this case my entries consist of Chemical names that make it very hard to recognize or to locate once I open the drop down menu. Any suggestions?

Hello
Some times ago I've written a set of AppleScript scripts to manipulate popup menu items in Numbers 09. You may try the Script 3 (sort popup items.applescript) for instance in the following thread.
Alphabetize pop-up menu
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5177915?tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/message/22530570
https://discussions.apple.com/message/22530926
https://discussions.apple.com/message/22541516
Hope this may help,
H

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