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document.write('<p>Step charts are useful for showing a quantity which changes intermittently, but remains constant between these changes. Examples of data that benefits from being plotted in a step chart include interest rates vs. time and tax rates vs. income. Excel has no native step chart capability, but this article describes two techniques for manufacturing step charts. The first technique uses an XY chart with custom error bars, while the second uses a line chart with dual overlapping ranges for its source data.</p>');
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