Hi! I have a normal line chart. The data is in a matrix. My data is on an
annual basis. I want the chart to show discreet jumps in the line but xl
somehow manages to make them not show a vertical jump but it is a gradually
shift. this is regardless of which chart i choose. how can i get the shifts
in the line to be a straight verical shift? thanks!

Hi,

Step charts are not built in to excel but you can fake them.
See here, includes links to alternative sites and methods.
http://www.andypope.info/charts/stepchart.htm

Cheers
Andy

Arne Hegefors wrote:
Hi! I have a normal line chart. The data is in a matrix. My data is on an
annual basis. I want the chart to show discreet jumps in the line but xl
somehow manages to make them not show a vertical jump but it is a gradually
shift. this is regardless of which chart i choose. how can i get the shifts
in the line to be a straight verical shift? thanks!

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Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
http://www.andypope.info

Perhaps I don't understand you request but maybe a bar chart with a gap width
of 0 is what you are looking for rather than a line chart.

"Arne Hegefors" wrote:

Hi! I have a normal line chart. The data is in a matrix. My data is on an
annual basis. I want the chart to show discreet jumps in the line but xl
somehow manages to make them not show a vertical jump but it is a gradually
shift. this is regardless of which chart i choose. how can i get the shifts
in the line to be a straight verical shift? thanks!

Hi Arne,

All the methods presented by Andy use numbers as the X-axis entries, if this
none of these solutions work for you let us know, there is a way to do a step
chart with regular "text" labels. (one way is to create a dummy series for
the axis, a second way is to set up your data differently.)

I will expand on either of these IF you need them - after I get home from
work.

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Cheers,
Shane Devenshire


"Arne Hegefors" wrote:

Hi! I have a normal line chart. The data is in a matrix. My data is on an
annual basis. I want the chart to show discreet jumps in the line but xl
somehow manages to make them not show a vertical jump but it is a gradually
shift. this is regardless of which chart i choose. how can i get the shifts
in the line to be a straight verical shift? thanks!