You can hide the default axis labels and add a series along the Y axis that
has the desired text as data point labels.

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ArbitraryAxis.html
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/Y_CategoryAxis.html

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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"Standard." wrote in message
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I wish to change the Y axis scale on an Excel line graph from numbers to
letters. Any ideas?

Thanks