James, have a look here for a workaround

http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal08.html#Larger

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"James" wrote in message
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Hi everyone,
I have a drop down menu, via data|validation|list...
anyway, when i click the drop down arrow, the list is tiny and hard to
read.
is there anyway to get that the font size bigger?

I'm using excel 2003 pro edition.


TIA,
James