The titles of the Name, Class, Nickname, State, and Front/Back Rows aren't able to be changed in the editor and depending on your needs you may want to change their names and all that's need is the program Resource Hacker.
Once you have Resource Hacker open up RPG_RT.exe in your desired project folder with it and navigate to the String Table Folder...
and click the filed labeled 4079 and you should be presented with this:
Simply edit the bits in quotes...
and press the Green Triangle Button, hit Save, and you're good to go!
Not to hi-jack it, but the same tool can also be used to change a variety of other things such as; desktop icon and Ex-Fonts. It's well worth playing around if you do want to go an extra step further.
great tip. I wonder if there's a similarily easy way to reposition the battle commands? I figure that's probably way more complicated and buried deep within piles of compiled code...