How to Change Chart Names on the Vertical & Horizontal Axis in Excel. Descriptive labels on an Excel chart enhance its readability and help you interpret the information the chart contains.

Axis labels aren't displayed by default, so you'll need to add them manually, and of course, you have both horizontal and vertical axes that you can label. This guide will explain how you can label ...

The X-axis, which is the horizontal axis, on most Excel charts does not use numeric intervals like the vertical Y-axis does. The X-axis contains either strings of text or a date under each set of ...

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