arcgis-10.1arcgis-desktoplegend
I was wondering if anyone knows how to increase an icon size on the legend without it increasing in size on the map. I have to print at A0, and when I look at the legend the icons for each type are quite small. Any attempt at increasing the size also increases it on the map.
I have tried what MAJ742 suggested – the legend does increase in size – but not the icons see attached image. I was looking to be able to enlarge the icons only on legend.
A Map Legend is a static representation of features on the map and their meaning
A Table of Contents [TOC] is an interactive list displaying features on the map - some even showing what is visible in real-time.
The only solution we've found to date is one you've already rejected: convert to graphics. (Though I've not experienced the "move label, marker disapeared" problem you mention.) We just sigh, curse a little, suck it up and keep going. On the bright side this allows us to do things not otherwise possible. In this example below any given polygon on the map can have one, two or all three of the line types shown. Collapsing all the possibilities to one legend patch does wonders for conserving real estate, and makes it easier for the map reader to comprehend in the process. It's a gain worth the pain. Thanks go to Gary Stronghill for the design idea.
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The method we use is to have a duplicate copy of the layer just for the legend. After the map layer looks the way you want, just drag the layer from the TOC and on to the map to make a duplicate. We append '_map' to the name of the map layer version to differentiate between the two layers. Then the symbology size or width can be adjusted for each icon or line as needed. Some symbols seem to need to be adjusted larger or smaller to make them look right compared to the others in the legend. This gives you the larger symbols but you retain the dynamic nature of the legend.