Resize Dropdown Text For Free

The width of a drop-down box in a cell is determined by the width of the cell itself. Therefore, to change the width of the drop-down box, you need to adjust the width of the cell that contains the drop-down list. You can have your list on a different worksheet and use the column width to this list.

Create a drop-down list Select the cells that you want to contain the lists. On the ribbon, select DATA > Data Validation. In the dialog box, set Allow to List. Click in Source, type the text or numbers (separated by commas, for a comma-delimited list) that you want in your drop-down list, and select OK.

Item Limit in Drop Down List The list can show up to show 32,767 items from a list on the worksheet. If you type the items into the data validation dialog box (a delimited list), the limit is 256 characters, including the separators.

How to Change Drop Down Width and Font Size in Excel - YouTube YouTube Start of suggested clip End of suggested clip So the text is back to the left here. And again now when you click the drop-down. List this list isMoreSo the text is back to the left here. And again now when you click the drop-down. List this list is going to be much wider here and we can easily. Read all of the items.

Change a data validation condition Click the control whose data validation you want to modify. On the Format menu, click Data Validation. In the Data Validation dialog box, click the condition that you want to change, click Modify, and then make the changes that you want.

On the worksheet where you applied the drop-down list, select a cell that has the drop-down list. Go to Data > Data Validation. On the Settings tab, click in the Source box, and then change your list items as needed. Each item should be separated by a comma, with no spaces in between like this: Yes,No,Maybe.

Unfortunately, the font size of a drop-down list can only be changed using VBA. However, you can make the font smaller around the drop-down box (or across the entire sheet), and then zoom in on the overall view. In this way, the font in the drop-down field is also displayed larger.