Taylor suggests editing the series formula, which is my favorite approach.
When you select the series, the formula appears in the formula bar. You can
select one of the arguments in the formula, or in your case, locate the
insertion point between the opening parenthesis and the comma, then click on
the cell with the series name you want displayed in the legend.
Alternatively you could type the text surrounded by double quotes.

If you don't like to change the formula (some people don't), you can open
the source data dialog, click on the series tab, select the series, click in
the Series name entry box, and either then select a cell, or type in a
label.

- 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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"Elaine" wrote in message
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Hello,

I understand that you change the actual text that appears in the legend,
not
the font of it. I tried to follow the example given on this site and
doesn't
work.

Here is the formula for one of the markers in the Chart. The formula
refers
to 2 markers on the chart. I would like one marker in the legend to be
"plastic" and the other "hardware"

=SERIES(,Sheet1!$C$2:$C$28,Sheet1!$B$2:$B$28,1)

Thank you very much for your help. This is for a presentation due on
Monday.
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Thank you... Elaine