Learn how to change, edit or rename a Data Series name in Microsoft Excel Graph or Chart without editing the original row or column name.

Click the button in the text box labeled "Chart data range." Select the range from Step 2. Click "OK" to close the dialog box. The chart does not change in appearance.

How Excel Charts Work A chart has an x-axis range and a y-axis range to show the correlation between two different data sets. The x-axis is the horizontal category line.