# Inserting Charts

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Inserting Charts
Different methods exist to start a chart:
- Insert a chart based on data from cells in Calc or Writer.
  These charts update automatically when the source data changes.currently only in Calc. Writer: bug?
- Insert a chart with a default data set, and then use the Data Table dialog to enter your own data for that chart.
  These charts can be created in Writer, Impress and Draw. is this "not in Calc" a bug or a design philosophy thing?
- Copy a chart from Calc or Writer into another document.
  These charts are snapshots of the data at the time of copying. They do not change when the source data changes.
In Calc, a chart is an object on a sheet, it cannot be a sheet of its own.
Chart in a Calc spreadsheet
- Click inside the cell range that you want to present in your chart.
- Click the Insert Chart icon on the Standard toolbar.
  You see a chart preview and the Chart Wizard.
- Follow the instructions in the Chart Wizard to create the chart.
Chart in a Writer text document
In a Writer document, you can insert a chart based on the values in a Writer table.
- Click inside the Writer table.
- Choose Insert - Object - Chart.
  You see a chart preview and the Chart Wizard.no live preview - is this a bug?
- Follow the instructions in the Chart Wizard to create the chart.
Chart based on values of its own
- In Writer, if you have not selected any cells, choose Insert - Object - Chart to insert a chart with default data. In Draw or Impress, choose Insert - Chart to insert a chart based on default data.it is intended to unify this command position
- You can change the default data values by double-clicking on the chart and then choosing View - Chart Data Table.