Reference pop-up menu

Hello,
I'm trying to create an auto generating invoice with NUMBERS. I've a list of services (virus removal, diagnostic, tuneup..etc) and a list of prices for those service. On the Invoice sheet under A1, I want to be able to choose from a pop-up menu one of these services AND automatically generate the price under B1.
I'm guessing I would need two separate sheets: one to pull info from, and one to design the invoice on and generate the data.
I just don't know how to: build sheet1 to make prices correspond to their services since they are on different lists
or how to build sheet2 in a way to pull the data from sheet1 using pop-up menu to be displayed in A including the prices to be displayed in B automatically.
Thanks in advance.

Hi us_heart,
Two Tables. Price List (with made-up prices) and Invoice. Pop-up menu is Cell A2 of Invoice.
Formula in Cell A2 (oops, B2) of Invoice table is:
=VLOOKUP(A2,Price List :: A:B,2)
Now you can make the Invoice table look pretty.
In Numbers, click on the Function Button in the Toolbar to see details of functions.
The Number'09 User Guide is a good read. Available from the Help Menu in Numbers.
Regards,
Ian.
Message was edited by: Yellowbox. Formula in Cell A2 (oops, B2) of Invoice table is:

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