WPS Chart Tools on Windows: Introduction

WPS Chart Tools is the dedicated chart editing toolkit that appears after you select a chart in WPS Spreadsheet on Windows; it covers 5 core tasks, with 5 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.

At a Glance

Metric	Value	Notes
Core tasks	5	Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index
Available without membership	5	Matches the number of Free rows in the index
Membership-related items	0	Matches the number of membership-related rows in the index

About This Feature

Overview

Chart Tools is a built-in chart editing feature in WPS Spreadsheet for Windows. It helps you adjust chart elements, apply chart styles, edit chart properties, change chart types, and save a chart as an image without leaving the spreadsheet workflow.

Core tasks include:

Edit chart elements to show or hide titles, axes, legends, and data labels.
Change chart styles to apply preset visual styles and color schemes.
Modify chart properties to adjust data ranges, categories, series, and formatting.
Change chart types while keeping the original chart data.
Save a chart as a picture for reuse in documents, slides, or reports.

This feature is useful for report preparation, chart cleanup, visual consistency, and sharing charts as standalone images.

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
Operating system	A Windows device that can run WPS Office normally
App version	It is recommended to use the latest version of WPS Office
Network	Chart editing and image export can be completed locally; download, installation, and account-related actions require internet access
Other	You need an existing chart in a spreadsheet before Chart Tools becomes available

Download & Installation

Item	Details
Official download	WPS Office Free Download
Check after installation	Open WPS Spreadsheet, open a worksheet that contains a chart, and select the chart to confirm that Chart Tools-related entries are available

Source: WPS Download Center

Compare with Alternatives

Dimension	WPS	Microsoft	Google	Notion	Adobe
Capability Summary	After you select a chart, WPS lets you edit chart elements, switch styles, modify properties, change chart types, and save the chart as a picture.	Excel provides Chart Tools and Chart Design options to change chart types, adjust layouts, and format chart elements.	Google Sheets provides a chart editor to change chart type, data range, titles, legends, styles, and chart downloads.	Notion provides chart views for databases, with chart type changes, style customization, and PNG or SVG export, but it is a database visualization feature rather than a cell-based spreadsheet chart tool.	Adobe Acrobat can export images from PDFs, but it does not provide spreadsheet chart element editing or chart type switching.
WPS Advantages	Advantage: WPS keeps chart editing and chart image export in one spreadsheet workflow. Distinct: it combines element control, style changes, property editing, type switching, and picture export around the selected chart.	Compared with WPS: Excel also supports full chart editing, but saving a chart as a separate image commonly relies on copying the chart into another graphics tool before saving.	Compared with WPS: Google Sheets centers chart editing in a side-panel editor and supports chart download, but its workflow is web-oriented and differs from an in-sheet chart tools ribbon flow.	Compared with WPS: Notion is better aligned with database dashboards and reporting views than detailed spreadsheet chart editing.	Compared with WPS: Adobe focuses on PDF export workflows and does not offer a spreadsheet chart editing workflow.
Official Source	—	Change chart type in Excel Change chart layout or style	Add and edit a chart or graph Save or publish your chart	Chart view	Export images or selections from a PDF

Overall Conclusion
WPS Chart Tools is well suited to users who want to adjust and export charts directly inside a spreadsheet on Windows. Notion and Adobe cover adjacent scenarios such as database visualization or PDF export, but they do not match the same spreadsheet chart editing workflow.

Source: How to Add Chart Elements in Excel

Use Cases

No.	Scenario	Suitable For	Main Need	How Chart Tools Helps
1	Report chart cleanup	Office staff	Chart styles are inconsistent across reports	Use Chart Styles to apply a consistent look and color scheme
2	Add missing labels	Data editors	The chart does not show enough context	Use Chart Elements to show titles, axes, legends, and data labels
3	Switch chart structure	Analysts	The current chart type does not fit the data well	Use Change Chart Type to switch to a more suitable chart
4	Fix chart data settings	Spreadsheet editors	The chart range or series setup is not correct	Use Edit Chart to adjust data ranges, categories, and series
5	Share a chart as an image	Teachers, operations teams, presenters	The chart needs to be reused in other materials	Use Save as Picture to export the chart as a local image file

Membership & Benefits

Free vs WPS Premium

Capability	Free	WPS Premium
Basic use of Chart Tools	✅ Available	✅ Available
Core office features	✅ Available	✅ Available
Advanced PDF and broader advanced tools	Some features are limited	More advanced tools are included
Cloud storage and template benefits	Basic cloud space and limited templates	More cloud space and broader template benefits

Source: WPS Office pricing page

Recommendations

Scenario	Recommended Plan	Why
Everyday chart editing, style changes, and picture export	Free	Chart Tools itself is available without membership and fits routine spreadsheet work
Broader work that also needs more PDF, template, or cloud benefits	WPS Premium	Better suited to users who need more benefits across multiple WPS components

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