# Using the Spread Designer

Use the Spread Designer to add charts to your spreadsheets. Learn more in documentation.

## Content



You can open the designer by right-clicking on the control and then selecting **Spread Designer** from the menu. Click on the **Insert** tab to bring up the **Chart** options. Click on one of the chart types to bring up the **Insert Chart** dialog.

![Chart icon](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/346c9178-0ed8-4fb9-908b-1565b22fb408/artwork/webchartdesignericon.png)

You can use the **Insert Chart** dialog to add a chart. Select a chart type and then click **OK**. The chart is placed in the middle of the current sheet view and the **Chart Tools** dialog is displayed.

The **Chart Tools** dialog can be used to make changes to the chart (move, resize, change the chart type, and so on).

![Insert Chart Dialog](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/346c9178-0ed8-4fb9-908b-1565b22fb408/artwork/webinsertchart.png)

You can type data in the designer before adding a chart or you can add data after adding a chart. If you add the Chart control first, you can then right click on the Chart control and select the **Chart Designer** from the context menu to add data.

If you select a cell range and then add the chart, that data is used in creating the chart. If you select a cell, the control will auto-detect a cell range based on the selected cell. If you do not select a cell or cells(s), an empty chart is created.

For more information about the Chart context menu, see [Using the Chart Context Menu](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-asp/overview/spweb-devguide/spweb-chart/spweb-chartcreate/spweb-chartspread/spweb-chartdescontext).