How to Fix Problem - Change size of color square in column chart legend?

Change size of color square in column chart legend

My pivot chart has a lot of categories (10).
In the legend the little square of color that you use to match the column data with the legend text is tiny -- too small to easily tell which color it is.  Is there a way to make that color square (I'm not sure
the right name for it) to be larger? I just switched to Excel 2007; don't remember having this problem in earlier versions.

Keys to the Problem Change size of color square in column chart legend

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Hi,
This is a little tricky:
1.
Create a dummy series, in the following example it is X and there is no data for it.


Year
National Debt
Annual Per Capita Debt
      X

1940
4.3E+10
            325

1945
2.6E+11
         1,849

1950
2.6E+11
         1,688

1955
2.7E+11
         1,651

1960
2.8E+11
         1,572

1965
3.1E+11
         1,613

1970
3.7E+11
         1,814

1975
5.3E+11
         2,475

1980
9.1E+11
         3,987

1985
1.8E+12
         7,598

1990
3.2E+12
       12,823

1995
4.97E+12
       18,929
 


 
2.
Chart the entire range including the new dummy data.  Add a Legend.
3.
Select the X in the Legend and increase its Font size on the Home tab until the data markers are the size you want.
4.  In the spreadsheet clear the X from the top of its column.
5.  Back on the chart choose Chart Tools, Format, and pick the new series from the Chart Elements drop down (first option on the top left of the ribbon).
6.
Click the Format Selection button and on the Marker Options tab choose None, on the Line Color tab choose No line.

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Cheers Shane Devenshire

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