# Adding Spread to the Checkbook Project

Learn how to add Spread to your Visual Studio .NET project with step-by-step instructions. Start a new project, add the FpSpread component, and set up the rows and columns.

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Use the following steps to add Spread to the project.

1.  Start a new Visual Studio .NET project.
    
2.  Name the project **checkbook**. Name the form in the project **register**.
    
3.  Add the FpSpread component to your project, and then place the control on the form.
    

If you do not know how to add the FpSpread component to the project, complete the steps in [Adding a Component to a Project](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide/spwin-allcontrol/adding-component-to-visual-studio-2019-or-2022).

Go to [Setting Up the Rows and Columns of the Register](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/PowerTools_Help19/spwin-tutor-cbr/spwin-tutor-cbr-setspread) to continue the tutorial.