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If you'd like the entries in the list to look bigger then in the worksheet containing the drop down list, click the Select All button to select all the cells. With all the cells selected decrease the font size by one point. Then increase the zoom level magnification.

The solution for increasing the readability of drop-down text is to change the zoom level on the sheet. To adjust the zoom level, you can: Use the slider in the bottom right-hand corner of the your worksheet.

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.

Unfortunately, this is not possible using data validation. You cannot enlarge the displayed portion of the dropdown list but the list itself can cover way more than 8 entries - over 32,000 entries actually. However, you can do this by using a Form Control Combo Box on the worksheet.

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The only way to increase the size of a Data Validation drop-down list is to increase the zoom percentage at which you view the sheet.

If you'd like the entries in the list to look bigger then in the worksheet containing the drop down list, click the Select All button to select all the cells. With all the cells selected decrease the font size by one point. Then increase the zoom level magnification.

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.