# Launch Designer

A tutorial showing how to launch the stand-alone SpreadJS Designer

## Content

To run the SpreadJS Designer, double-click the SpreadJS Designer lanuch file, for example, run the **SpreadJS-Designer.exe**
Once you have opened the SpreadJS Designer, you can edit the spreadsheet provided using the available menu options. For more information, see [Work in the Designer](/spreadjs/docs/spreadjs-designer-component/spdesignerwork). If you have an existing file spreadsheet file you want to open, open it using the instructions in [Open and Save Files](/spreadjs/docs/spdesigner/spdesigneropen). You can open existing Excel-formatted (.xlsx, .xlsm, .xltm), comma-delimited (.csv), and Spread files (.ssjson) files.

If you would like to read more about the tabs available in the designer, see [Designer Tabs](/spreadjs/docs/spreadjs-designer-component/designerinterface/spdesigntab). For more information about the menus available in the designer interface, see [Context Menus](/spreadjs/docs/spreadjs-designer-component/designerinterface/designermenu).