diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5290ccb3..28c646ac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This is the changelog between releases of PHPWord. Releases are listed in revers
 
 ## 0.12.0 - Not yet released
 
-This release added drawing shapes (arc, curve, line, polyline, rect, oval) element and some new styles.
+This release added drawing shapes (arc, curve, line, polyline, rect, oval) and basic 2D chart (pie, doughnut, bar, line, area, scatter, radar) elements along with some new styles.
 
 ### Features
 
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ This release added drawing shapes (arc, curve, line, polyline, rect, oval) eleme
 - Section: Ability to set paper size, e.g. A4, A3, and Legal - @ivanlanin GH-249
 - General: New `PhpWord::save()` method to encapsulate `IOFactory` - @ivanlanin
 - General: New `Shared\Converter` static class - @ivanlanin
+- Element: Basic 2D chart (pie, doughnut, bar, line, area, scatter, radar) - @ivanlanin GH-278
 
 ### Bugfixes
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 97e5b642..5a432cba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ With PHPWord, you can create DOCX, ODT, or RTF documents dynamically using your
 - Insert list items as bulleted, numbered, or multilevel
 - Insert hyperlinks
 - Insert footnotes and endnotes
+- Insert drawing shapes (arc, curve, line, polyline, rect, oval)
+- Insert charts (pie, doughnut, bar, line, area, scatter, radar)
 - Create document from templates
 - Use XSL 1.0 style sheets to transform main document part of OOXML template
 - ... and many more features on progress
diff --git a/docs/elements.rst b/docs/elements.rst
index a01c9fd4..ee827326 100644
--- a/docs/elements.rst
+++ b/docs/elements.rst
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ column shows the containers while the rows lists the elements.
 +-------+-----------------+-----------+----------+----------+---------+------------+------------+
 | 20    | Shape           | v         | v        | v        | v       | v          | v          |
 +-------+-----------------+-----------+----------+----------+---------+------------+------------+
+| 21    | Chart           | v         | -        | -        | -       | -          | -          |
++-------+-----------------+-----------+----------+----------+---------+------------+------------+
 
 Legend:
 
@@ -399,3 +401,8 @@ Shapes
 ------
 
 To be completed.
+
+Charts
+------
+
+To be completed.
diff --git a/docs/intro.rst b/docs/intro.rst
index 5045d4dc..241b581c 100644
--- a/docs/intro.rst
+++ b/docs/intro.rst
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ Features
 -  Insert list items as bulleted, numbered, or multilevel
 -  Insert hyperlinks
 -  Insert footnotes and endnotes
+-  Insert drawing shapes (arc, curve, line, polyline, rect, oval)
+-  Insert charts (pie, doughnut, bar, line, area, scatter, radar)
 -  Create document from templates
 -  Use XSL 1.0 style sheets to transform main document part of OOXML
    template
diff --git a/docs/src/documentation.md b/docs/src/documentation.md
index 6ad2f67a..39e61862 100644
--- a/docs/src/documentation.md
+++ b/docs/src/documentation.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Don't forget to change `code::` directive to `code-block::` in the resulting rst
     - [Fields](#fields)
     - [Lines](#lines)
     - [Shapes](#shapes)
+    - [Charts](#charts)
 - [Styles](#styles)
     - [Section](#section)
     - [Font](#font)
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@ PHPWord is an open source project licensed under the terms of [LGPL version 3](h
 - Insert list items as bulleted, numbered, or multilevel
 - Insert hyperlinks
 - Insert footnotes and endnotes
+- Insert drawing shapes (arc, curve, line, polyline, rect, oval)
+- Insert charts (pie, doughnut, bar, line, area, scatter, radar)
 - Create document from templates
 - Use XSL 1.0 style sheets to transform main document part of OOXML template
 - ... and many more features on progress
@@ -440,6 +443,7 @@ Below are the matrix of element availability in each container. The column shows
 | 18  | Field         | v       | v      | v      | v    | v        | v        |
 | 19  | Line          | v       | v      | v      | v    | v        | v        |
 | 20  | Shape         | v       | v      | v      | v    | v        | v        |
+| 21  | Chart         | v       | -      | -      | -    | -        | -        |
 
 Legend:
 
@@ -737,6 +741,10 @@ To be completed.
 
 To be completed.
 
+## Charts
+
+To be completed.
+
 # Styles
 
 ## Section
diff --git a/samples/Sample_32_Chart.php b/samples/Sample_32_Chart.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26d6c420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/Sample_32_Chart.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+include_once 'Sample_Header.php';
+
+// New Word document
+echo date('H:i:s'), " Create new PhpWord object", EOL;
+
+$phpWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();
+
+$section = $phpWord->addSection(array('colsNum' => 2));
+$phpWord->addTitleStyle(1, array('size' => 14, 'bold' => true), array('keepNext' => true, 'spaceBefore' => 240));
+
+$chartTypes = array('pie', 'doughnut', 'bar', 'line', 'area', 'scatter', 'radar');
+$twoSeries = array('bar', 'line', 'area', 'scatter', 'radar');
+$threeSeries = array('bar', 'line');
+$categories = array('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E');
+$series1 = array(1, 3, 2, 5, 4);
+$series2 = array(3, 1, 7, 2, 6);
+$series3 = array(8, 3, 2, 5, 4);
+
+foreach ($chartTypes as $chartType) {
+    $section->addTitle(ucfirst($chartType), 1);
+    $chart = $section->addChart($chartType, $categories, $series1);
+    if (in_array($chartType, $twoSeries)) {
+        $chart->addSeries($categories, $series2);
+    }
+    if (in_array($chartType, $threeSeries)) {
+        $chart->addSeries($categories, $series3);
+    }
+    $section->addTextBreak();
+}
+
+// Save file
+echo write($phpWord, basename(__FILE__, '.php'), $writers);
+if (!CLI) {
+    include_once 'Sample_Footer.php';
+}
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Collection/Charts.php b/src/PhpWord/Collection/Charts.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cfccee2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Collection/Charts.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This file is part of PHPWord - A pure PHP library for reading and writing
+ * word processing documents.
+ *
+ * PHPWord is free software distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please read the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code. For the full list of
+ * contributors, visit https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/contributors.
+ *
+ * @link        https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord
+ * @copyright   2010-2014 PHPWord contributors
+ * @license     http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
+ */
+
+namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Collection;
+
+/**
+ * Charts collection
+ *
+ * @since 0.12.0
+ */
+class Charts extends AbstractCollection
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Element/AbstractContainer.php b/src/PhpWord/Element/AbstractContainer.php
index 4398ef16..19e78c21 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Element/AbstractContainer.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Element/AbstractContainer.php
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element;
  * @method Field addField(string $type = null, array $properties = array(), array $options = array())
  * @method Line addLine(mixed $lineStyle = null)
  * @method Shape addObject(string $type, mixed $style = null)
+ * @method Chart addChart()
  *
  * @since 0.10.0
  */
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ abstract class AbstractContainer extends AbstractElement
         $elements = array('Text', 'TextRun', 'Link', 'PreserveText', 'TextBreak',
             'ListItem', 'ListItemRun', 'Table', 'Image', 'Object', 'Footnote',
             'Endnote', 'CheckBox', 'TextBox', 'Field', 'Line', 'Shape',
-            'Title', 'TOC', 'PageBreak');
+            'Title', 'TOC', 'PageBreak', 'Chart');
         $functions = array();
         for ($i = 0; $i < count($elements); $i++) {
             $functions[$i] = 'add' . $elements[$i];
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ abstract class AbstractContainer extends AbstractElement
             'Title'         => array('Section'),
             'TOC'           => array('Section'),
             'PageBreak'     => array('Section'),
+            'Chart'         => array('Section'),
         );
         // Special condition, e.g. preservetext can only exists in cell when
         // the cell is located in header or footer
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Element/AbstractElement.php b/src/PhpWord/Element/AbstractElement.php
index fe133fdd..3fd2e4d0 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Element/AbstractElement.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Element/AbstractElement.php
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ abstract class AbstractElement
     protected $mediaRelation = false;
 
     /**
-     * Is part of collection; true for Title, Footnote, and Endnote
+     * Is part of collection; true for Title, Footnote, Endnote, and Chart
      *
      * @var bool
      */
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Element/Chart.php b/src/PhpWord/Element/Chart.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24f2bb78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Element/Chart.php
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This file is part of PHPWord - A pure PHP library for reading and writing
+ * word processing documents.
+ *
+ * PHPWord is free software distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please read the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code. For the full list of
+ * contributors, visit https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/contributors.
+ *
+ * @link        https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord
+ * @copyright   2010-2014 PHPWord contributors
+ * @license     http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt LGPL version 3
+ */
+
+namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element;
+
+/**
+ * Chart element
+ *
+ * @since 0.12.0
+ */
+class Chart extends AbstractElement
+{
+    /**
+     * Is part of collection
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $collectionRelation = true;
+
+    /**
+     * Type
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $type = 'pie';
+
+    /**
+     * Series
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private $series = array();
+
+    /**
+     * Create new instance
+     *
+     * @param string $type
+     * @param array $categories
+     * @param array $values
+     */
+    public function __construct($type, $categories, $values)
+    {
+        $this->setType($type);
+        $this->addSeries($categories, $values);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get type
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getType()
+    {
+        return $this->type;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set type
+     *
+     * @param string $value
+     */
+    public function setType($value)
+    {
+        $enum = array('pie', 'doughnut', 'line', 'bar', 'area', 'radar', 'scatter');
+        $this->type = $this->setEnumVal($value, $enum, 'pie');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add series
+     *
+     * @param array $categories
+     * @param array $values
+     */
+    public function addSeries($categories, $values)
+    {
+        $this->series[] = array('categories' => $categories, 'values' => $values);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get series
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getSeries()
+    {
+        return $this->series;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Element/Footnote.php b/src/PhpWord/Element/Footnote.php
index e263933c..162a703e 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Element/Footnote.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Element/Footnote.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class Footnote extends AbstractContainer
     protected $paragraphStyle;
 
     /**
-     * Is part of collection; true for Title, Footnote, and Endnote
+     * Is part of collection
      *
      * @var bool
      */
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Element/Title.php b/src/PhpWord/Element/Title.php
index a4faeb70..8d385845 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Element/Title.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Element/Title.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Title extends AbstractElement
     private $style;
 
     /**
-     * Is part of collection; true for Title, Footnote, and Endnote
+     * Is part of collection
      *
      * @var bool
      */
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/PhpWord.php b/src/PhpWord/PhpWord.php
index de9d8433..d4c8df9c 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/PhpWord.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/PhpWord.php
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Exception\Exception;
  * @method Collection\Titles getTitles()
  * @method Collection\Footnotes getFootnotes()
  * @method Collection\Endnotes getEndnotes()
+ * @method Collection\Charts getCharts()
  * @method int addTitle(Element\Title $title)
  * @method int addFootnote(Element\Footnote $footnote)
  * @method int addEndnote(Element\Endnote $endnote)
+ * @method int addChart(Element\Chart $chart)
  *
  * @method Style\Paragraph addParagraphStyle(string $styleName, array $styles)
  * @method Style\Font addFontStyle(string $styleName, mixed $fontStyle, mixed $paragraphStyle = null)
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ class PhpWord
     {
         $this->documentProperties = new DocumentProperties();
 
-        $collections = array('Titles', 'Footnotes', 'Endnotes');
+        $collections = array('Titles', 'Footnotes', 'Endnotes', 'Charts');
         foreach ($collections as $collection) {
             $class = 'PhpOffice\\PhpWord\\Collection\\' . $collection;
             $this->collections[$collection] = new $class();
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ class PhpWord
         $addCollection = array();
         $addStyle = array();
 
-        $collections = array('Title', 'Footnote', 'Endnote');
+        $collections = array('Title', 'Footnote', 'Endnote', 'Chart');
         foreach ($collections as $collection) {
             $getCollection[] = strtolower("get{$collection}s");
             $addCollection[] = strtolower("add{$collection}");
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Shared/XMLWriter.php b/src/PhpWord/Shared/XMLWriter.php
index cb00c70b..8691ae1d 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Shared/XMLWriter.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Shared/XMLWriter.php
@@ -139,6 +139,29 @@ class XMLWriter
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Write simple element and attribute(s) block
+     *
+     * There are two options:
+     * 1. If the `$attributes` is an array, then it's an associative array of attributes
+     * 2. If not, then it's a simple attribute-value pair
+     *
+     * @param string $element
+     * @param string|array $attributes
+     * @param string $value
+     */
+    public function writeElementBlock($element, $attributes, $value = null)
+    {
+        $this->xmlWriter->startElement($element);
+        if (!is_array($attributes)) {
+            $attributes = array($attributes => $value);
+        }
+        foreach ($attributes as $attribute => $value) {
+            $this->xmlWriter->writeAttribute($attribute, $value);
+        }
+        $this->xmlWriter->endElement();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Write element if ...
      *
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007.php
index 751b58b6..d15f40ac 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007.php
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ class Word2007 extends AbstractWriter implements WriterInterface
             'Footer'         => '',
             'Footnotes'      => '',
             'Endnotes'       => '',
+            'Chart'          => '',
         );
         foreach (array_keys($this->parts) as $partName) {
             $partClass = get_class($this) . '\\Part\\' . $partName;
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ class Word2007 extends AbstractWriter implements WriterInterface
 
         $this->addNotes($zip, $rId, 'footnote');
         $this->addNotes($zip, $rId, 'endnote');
+        $this->addChart($zip, $rId);
 
         // Write parts
         foreach ($this->parts as $partName => $fileName) {
@@ -249,6 +251,40 @@ class Word2007 extends AbstractWriter implements WriterInterface
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Add chart
+     *
+     * @param \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared\ZipArchive $zip
+     * @param integer $rId
+     */
+    private function addChart(ZipArchive $zip, &$rId)
+    {
+        $phpWord = $this->getPhpWord();
+
+        $collection = $phpWord->getCharts();
+        $index = 0;
+        if ($collection->countItems() > 0) {
+            foreach ($collection->getItems() as $chart) {
+                $index++;
+                $rId++;
+                $filename = "charts/chart{$index}.xml";
+
+                // ContentTypes.xml
+                $this->contentTypes['override']["/word/{$filename}"] = 'chart';
+
+                // word/_rels/document.xml.rel
+                $this->relationships[] = array('target' => $filename, 'type' => 'chart', 'rID' => $rId);
+
+                // word/charts/chartN.xml
+                /** @var \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Chart $chart */
+                $chart->setRelationId($rId);
+                $writerPart = $this->getWriterPart('Chart');
+                $writerPart->setElement($chart);
+                $zip->addFromString("word/{$filename}", $writerPart->write());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Register content types for each media
      *
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Element/Chart.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Element/Chart.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4330e2fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Element/Chart.php
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This file is part of PHPWord - A pure PHP library for reading and writing
+ * word processing documents.
+ *
+ * PHPWord is free software distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please read the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code. For the full list of
+ * contributors, visit https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/contributors.
+ *
+ * @link        https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord
+ * @copyright   2010-2014 PHPWord contributors
+ * @license     http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt LGPL version 3
+ */
+
+namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\Word2007\Element;
+
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Chart as ChartElement;
+
+/**
+ * Chart element writer
+ *
+ * @since 0.12.0
+ */
+class Chart extends AbstractElement
+{
+    /**
+     * Write element
+     */
+    public function write()
+    {
+        $xmlWriter = $this->getXmlWriter();
+        $element = $this->getElement();
+        if (!$element instanceof ChartElement) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $rId = $element->getRelationId();
+
+        if (!$this->withoutP) {
+            $xmlWriter->startElement('w:p');
+        }
+
+        $xmlWriter->startElement('w:r');
+        $xmlWriter->startElement('w:drawing');
+        $xmlWriter->startElement('wp:inline');
+
+        // EMU
+        $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('wp:extent', array('cx' => '2000000', 'cy' => '2000000'));
+        $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('wp:docPr', array('id' => $rId, 'name' => "Chart{$rId}"));
+
+        $xmlWriter->startElement('a:graphic');
+        $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('xmlns:a', 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/main');
+        $xmlWriter->startElement('a:graphicData');
+        $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('uri', 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/chart');
+
+        $xmlWriter->startElement('c:chart');
+        $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('r:id', "rId{$rId}");
+        $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('xmlns:c', 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/chart');
+        $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('xmlns:r', 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships');
+        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // c:chart
+
+        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // a:graphicData
+        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // a:graphic
+
+        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // wp:inline
+        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // w:drawing
+        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // w:r
+
+        $this->endElementP(); // w:p
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Part/Chart.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Part/Chart.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66e43914
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Part/Chart.php
@@ -0,0 +1,304 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This file is part of PHPWord - A pure PHP library for reading and writing
+ * word processing documents.
+ *
+ * PHPWord is free software distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please read the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code. For the full list of
+ * contributors, visit https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/contributors.
+ *
+ * @link        https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord
+ * @copyright   2010-2014 PHPWord contributors
+ * @license     http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt LGPL version 3
+ */
+
+namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\Word2007\Part;
+
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared\XMLWriter;
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Chart as ChartElement;
+
+/**
+ * Word2007 chart part writer: word/charts/chartx.xml
+ *
+ * @since 0.12.0
+ * @link http://www.datypic.com/sc/ooxml/e-draw-chart_chartSpace.html
+ */
+class Chart extends AbstractPart
+{
+    /**
+     * Chart element
+     *
+     * @var \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Chart $element
+     */
+    private $element;
+
+    /**
+     * Type definition
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private $types = array(
+        'pie'       => array('type' => 'pieChart', 'colors' => 1),
+        'doughnut'  => array('type' => 'doughnutChart', 'colors' => 1, 'hole' => 75),
+        'bar'       => array('type' => 'barChart', 'colors' => 0, 'axes' => true, 'bar' => 'col'),
+        'line'      => array('type' => 'lineChart', 'colors' => 0, 'axes' => true),
+        'area'      => array('type' => 'areaChart', 'colors' => 0, 'axes' => true),
+        'radar'     => array('type' => 'radarChart', 'colors' => 0, 'axes' => true, 'radar' => 'standard'),
+        'scatter'   => array('type' => 'scatterChart', 'colors' => 0, 'axes' => true, 'scatter' => 'marker'),
+    );
+
+    /**
+     * Chart options
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private $options = array();
+
+    /**
+     * Set chart element
+     */
+    public function setElement(ChartElement $element)
+    {
+        $this->element = $element;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Write part
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function write()
+    {
+        $xmlWriter = $this->getXmlWriter();
+
+        $xmlWriter->startDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8', 'yes');
+        $xmlWriter->startElement('c:chartSpace');
+        $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('xmlns:c', 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/chart');
+        $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('xmlns:a', 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/main');
+        $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('xmlns:r', 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships');
+
+        $this->writeChart($xmlWriter);
+        $this->writeShape($xmlWriter);
+
+        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // c:chartSpace
+
+        return $xmlWriter->getData();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Write chart
+     *
+     * @link http://www.datypic.com/sc/ooxml/t-draw-chart_CT_Chart.html
+     */
+    private function writeChart(XMLWriter $xmlWriter)
+    {
+        $xmlWriter->startElement('c:chart');
+
+        $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:autoTitleDeleted', 'val', 1);
+
+        $this->writePlotArea($xmlWriter);
+
+        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // c:chart
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Write plot area
+     *
+     * @link http://www.datypic.com/sc/ooxml/t-draw-chart_CT_PlotArea.html
+     * @link http://www.datypic.com/sc/ooxml/t-draw-chart_CT_PieChart.html
+     * @link http://www.datypic.com/sc/ooxml/t-draw-chart_CT_DoughnutChart.html
+     * @link http://www.datypic.com/sc/ooxml/t-draw-chart_CT_BarChart.html
+     * @link http://www.datypic.com/sc/ooxml/t-draw-chart_CT_LineChart.html
+     * @link http://www.datypic.com/sc/ooxml/t-draw-chart_CT_AreaChart.html
+     * @link http://www.datypic.com/sc/ooxml/t-draw-chart_CT_RadarChart.html
+     * @link http://www.datypic.com/sc/ooxml/t-draw-chart_CT_ScatterChart.html
+     */
+    private function writePlotArea(XMLWriter $xmlWriter)
+    {
+        $type = $this->element->getType();
+        $this->options = $this->types[$type];
+
+        $xmlWriter->startElement('c:plotArea');
+        $xmlWriter->writeElement('c:layout');
+
+        // Chart
+        $xmlWriter->startElement('c:' . $this->options['type']);
+
+        $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:varyColors', 'val', $this->options['colors']);
+        if ($type == 'area') {
+            $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:grouping', 'val', 'standard');
+        }
+        if (isset($this->options['hole'])) {
+            $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:holeSize', 'val', $this->options['hole']);
+        }
+        if (isset($this->options['bar'])) {
+            $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:barDir', 'val', $this->options['bar']); // bar|col
+            $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:grouping', 'val', 'clustered');
+        }
+        if (isset($this->options['radar'])) {
+            $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:radarStyle', 'val', $this->options['radar']);
+        }
+        if (isset($this->options['scatter'])) {
+            $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:scatterStyle', 'val', $this->options['scatter']);
+        }
+
+        // Series
+        $this->writeSeries($xmlWriter, isset($this->options['scatter']));
+
+        // Axes
+        if (isset($this->options['axes'])) {
+            $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:axId', 'val', 1);
+            $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:axId', 'val', 2);
+        }
+
+        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // chart type
+
+        // Axes
+        if (isset($this->options['axes'])) {
+            $this->writeAxis($xmlWriter, 'cat');
+            $this->writeAxis($xmlWriter, 'val');
+        }
+
+        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // c:plotArea
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Write series
+     *
+     * @param \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared\XMLWriter $xmlWriter
+     * @param bool $scatter
+     */
+    private function writeSeries(XMLWriter $xmlWriter, $scatter = false)
+    {
+        $series = $this->element->getSeries();
+
+        $index = 0;
+        foreach ($series as $seriesItem) {
+            $categories = $seriesItem['categories'];
+            $values = $seriesItem['values'];
+
+            $xmlWriter->startElement('c:ser');
+
+            $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:idx', 'val', $index);
+            $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:order', 'val', $index);
+
+            if (isset($this->options['scatter'])) {
+                $this->writeShape($xmlWriter);
+            }
+
+            if ($scatter === true) {
+                $this->writeSeriesItem($xmlWriter, 'xVal', $categories);
+                $this->writeSeriesItem($xmlWriter, 'yVal', $values);
+            } else {
+                $this->writeSeriesItem($xmlWriter, 'cat', $categories);
+                $this->writeSeriesItem($xmlWriter, 'val', $values);
+            }
+
+            $xmlWriter->endElement(); // c:ser
+            $index++;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Write series items
+     *
+     * @param \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared\XMLWriter $xmlWriter
+     * @param string $type
+     * @param array $values
+     */
+    private function writeSeriesItem(XMLWriter $xmlWriter, $type, $values)
+    {
+        $types = array(
+            'cat' => array('c:cat', 'c:strLit'),
+            'val' => array('c:val', 'c:numLit'),
+            'xVal' => array('c:xVal', 'c:strLit'),
+            'yVal' => array('c:yVal', 'c:numLit'),
+        );
+        list($itemType, $itemLit) = $types[$type];
+
+        $xmlWriter->startElement($itemType);
+        $xmlWriter->startElement($itemLit);
+
+        $index = 0;
+        foreach ($values as $value) {
+            $xmlWriter->startElement('c:pt');
+            $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('idx', $index);
+
+            $xmlWriter->startElement('c:v');
+            $xmlWriter->writeRaw($value);
+            $xmlWriter->endElement(); // c:v
+
+            $xmlWriter->endElement(); // c:pt
+            $index++;
+        }
+
+        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // $itemLit
+        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // $itemType
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Write axis
+     *
+     * @param \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared\XMLWriter $xmlWriter
+     * @param string $type
+     * @link http://www.datypic.com/sc/ooxml/t-draw-chart_CT_CatAx.html
+     */
+    private function writeAxis(XMLWriter $xmlWriter, $type)
+    {
+        $types = array(
+            'cat' => array('c:catAx', 1, 'b', 2),
+            'val' => array('c:valAx', 2, 'l', 1),
+        );
+        list($axisType, $axisId, $axisPos, $axisCross) = $types[$type];
+
+        $xmlWriter->startElement($axisType);
+
+        $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:axId', 'val', $axisId);
+        $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:axPos', 'val', $axisPos);
+        $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:crossAx', 'val', $axisCross);
+        $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:auto', 'val', 1);
+
+        if (isset($this->options['axes'])) {
+            $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:delete', 'val', 0);
+            $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:majorTickMark', 'val', 'none');
+            $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:minorTickMark', 'val', 'none');
+            $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:tickLblPos', 'val', 'none'); // nextTo
+            $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:crosses', 'val', 'autoZero');
+        }
+        if (isset($this->options['radar'])) {
+            $xmlWriter->writeElement('c:majorGridlines');
+        }
+
+        $xmlWriter->startElement('c:scaling');
+        $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('c:orientation', 'val', 'minMax');
+        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // c:scaling
+
+        $this->writeShape($xmlWriter, true);
+
+        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // $axisType
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Write shape
+     *
+     * @param \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared\XMLWriter $xmlWriter
+     * @param bool $line
+     * @link http://www.datypic.com/sc/ooxml/t-a_CT_ShapeProperties.html
+     */
+    private function writeShape(XMLWriter $xmlWriter, $line = false)
+    {
+        $xmlWriter->startElement('c:spPr');
+        $xmlWriter->startElement('a:ln');
+        if ($line === true) {
+            $xmlWriter->writeElement('a:solidFill');
+        } else {
+            $xmlWriter->writeElement('a:noFill');
+        }
+        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // a:ln
+        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // c:spPr
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Part/ContentTypes.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Part/ContentTypes.php
index b6f23f47..ac636d3a 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Part/ContentTypes.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Part/ContentTypes.php
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class ContentTypes extends AbstractPart
 
         $openXMLPrefix = 'application/vnd.openxmlformats-';
         $wordMLPrefix  = $openXMLPrefix . 'officedocument.wordprocessingml.';
+        $drawingMLPrefix  = $openXMLPrefix . 'officedocument.drawingml.';
         $overrides = array(
             '/docProps/core.xml'     => $openXMLPrefix . 'package.core-properties+xml',
             '/docProps/app.xml'      => $openXMLPrefix . 'officedocument.extended-properties+xml',
@@ -53,7 +54,11 @@ class ContentTypes extends AbstractPart
         $defaults = $contentTypes['default'];
         if (!empty($contentTypes['override'])) {
             foreach ($contentTypes['override'] as $key => $val) {
-                $overrides[$key] = $wordMLPrefix . $val . '+xml';
+                if ($val == 'chart') {
+                    $overrides[$key] = $drawingMLPrefix . $val . '+xml';
+                } else {
+                    $overrides[$key] = $wordMLPrefix . $val . '+xml';
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/PhpWord/Tests/Writer/RTFTest.php b/tests/PhpWord/Tests/Writer/RTFTest.php
index c1448106..5b983b35 100644
--- a/tests/PhpWord/Tests/Writer/RTFTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpWord/Tests/Writer/RTFTest.php
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class RTFTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
         $this->assertTrue(file_exists($file));
 
-        unlink($file);
+        @unlink($file);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/PhpWord/Tests/Writer/Word2007/ElementTest.php b/tests/PhpWord/Tests/Writer/Word2007/ElementTest.php
index c774e9f3..0ba29f2f 100644
--- a/tests/PhpWord/Tests/Writer/Word2007/ElementTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpWord/Tests/Writer/Word2007/ElementTest.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class ElementTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $elements = array(
             'CheckBox', 'Container', 'Footnote', 'Image', 'Link', 'ListItem', 'ListItemRun',
             'Object', 'PreserveText', 'Table', 'Text', 'TextBox', 'TextBreak', 'Title', 'TOC',
-            'Field', 'Line', 'Shape'
+            'Field', 'Line', 'Shape', 'Chart'
         );
         foreach ($elements as $element) {
             $objectClass = 'PhpOffice\\PhpWord\\Writer\\Word2007\\Element\\' . $element;
@@ -148,4 +148,30 @@ class ElementTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             $this->assertTrue($doc->elementExists($path));
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test shape elements
+     */
+    public function testChartElement()
+    {
+        $phpWord = new PhpWord();
+        $section = $phpWord->addSection();
+
+        $chartTypes = array('pie', 'doughnut', 'bar', 'line', 'area', 'scatter', 'radar');
+        $categories = array('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E');
+        $series1 = array(1, 3, 2, 5, 4);
+        foreach ($chartTypes as $chartType) {
+            $section->addChart($chartType, $categories, $series1);
+        }
+
+        $doc = TestHelperDOCX::getDocument($phpWord);
+
+        $index = 0;
+        foreach ($chartTypes as $chartType) {
+            $index++;
+            $file = "word/charts/chart{$index}.xml";
+            $path = "/c:chartSpace/c:chart/c:plotArea/c:{$chartType}Chart";
+            $this->assertTrue($doc->elementExists($path, $file));
+        }
+    }
 }