When you create a pie chart in Microsoft Excel, three new tabs appear that offer several formatting options. One option is to overlay built-in shapes, such as block arrows that are useful as pointers.

You can easily make a pie chart in Excel to make data easier to understand. The process only takes 5 steps.

Click the first option in the "2D pie" section. Excel creates a pie chart representing the categories as percentages of a 24-hour period.