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.

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.

Learn how to show charts with hidden data cells in Excel. When there is data that is hidden in your table, Excel will not show that information in the chart.

With Excel's versatile chart tool, putting together data visualizations is as easy as pie (groan).

If you have uneven distribution of data in your Excel chart, here is a better way to change the automatic axis settings.

Excel 2016's many new features include six new chart types. Here we cover Histogram, Pareto, and Waterfall, which cover statistical, trend, and other relationships.