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    Chart legend marker sizes

    Perhaps this has already been addressed, but if so my search powers have failed me.

    When I put together a simple pie chart, there are markers in the legend corresponding to the colours of the pie slices. The only problem is that they are tiny - is there any way to enlarge them? The font size I can deal with, but I have not found a way to adjust just the marker size.

    Thanks.

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    Re: Chart legend marker sizes

    Hi -

    You should be able to select the legend box, right mouse button click, and then set the font parameters (size, font, color, etc.). Without an example of your problem I'm kind of guessing at a solution. Can you upload a sample file that you're having difficulty with?
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    Re: Chart legend marker sizes

    Thank you for your quick reply.

    The font used in the legend is not an issue. I can change size, colour and so forth of the letters, no problem.

    The problem is the little box of colour beside the letters, corresponding to the colours of the pie chart itself. If the pie has a red slice for, say, Income and a blue slice for Taxes, then there will be small small boxes, red and blue respectively, beside the legend words Income and Taxes.

    I can change the colour of the 'slices' and thus the colours of the boxes in the legend, too. What I am stuck at is how to make those little boxes or markers bigger.

    I would be happy to upload an example, but - no sarcasm intended, I assure you - but that implies a skill level my decrepit brain lacks. If I knew how to do that, I probably wouldn't be here in the first place.

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    Re: Chart legend marker sizes

    Hi -

    The little squares are proportional to the font size. So, if you adjust the font size up, the little squares get bigger too.

    Hope that helps.

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    Re: Chart legend marker sizes

    Drat. I had hoped it was all due to ignorance and inexperience at my end.

    Thanks very much.

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    Re: Chart legend marker sizes

    Add a dummy data point and format that entry only.
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