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To easily update a chart or axis title, label, or text box that you have added to a chart, you can link it to a worksheet cell. Changes that you make to the data in that worksheet cell will automatically appear in the chart.

Click anywhere in the chart to which you want to add a title. This displays the Chart Tools, adding the Design, Layout, and Format tabs. On the Layout tab, in the Labels group, click Chart Title. Click Centered Overlay Title or Above Chart.

A title should be placed at the top of the graph if the graph is to be placed in the laboratory notebook. This helps the reader immediately know what the graph is. The title should be a concise description of what is being graphed (e. g., Pressure as a Function of Temperature for Nitrogen).

Titling the Graph The proper form for a graph title is "y-axis variable vs. x-axis variable." For example, if you were comparing the the amount of fertilizer to how much a plant grew, the amount of fertilizer would be the independent, or x-axis variable and the growth would be the dependent, or y-axis variable.

Click on the Chart Title box. Go to Formula bar and type = Select the cell that you want to show as the chart title. Hit Enter.

Creating a chart with dynamic labelsFor all labels: on the Format Data Labels pane, in the Label Options, in the Label Contains group, check Value From Cells and then choose cells:For the specific label: double-click on the label value, in the popup menu, select Choose Cell, and then specify the value:

Make a dynamic chart titleClick on the chart title.Type the equal sign (=) in the Formula bar. When you type in the equal sign, please, make sure that it is in the Formula bar, not in the title box.Click on the cell that you want to link to the chart title.Press the Enter button.Jan 20, 2014

Make a dynamic chart titleClick on the chart title.Type the equal sign (=) in the Formula bar. When you type in the equal sign, please, make sure that it is in the Formula bar, not in the title box.Click on the cell that you want to link to the chart title.Press the Enter button.Jan 20, 2014

Click the chart, and then click the Chart Design tab. Click Add Chart Element > Chart Title, and then click the title option that you want. Type the title in the Chart Title box. To format the title, select the text in the title box, and then on the Home tab, under Font, select the formatting that you want.

Titling the Graph The proper form for a graph title is "y-axis variable vs. x-axis variable." For example, if you were comparing the the amount of fertilizer to how much a plant grew, the amount of fertilizer would be the independent, or x-axis variable and the growth would be the dependent, or y-axis variable.