microsoft excel project purpose the purpose of this assignment is for students to demonstrate proficiency in microsoft excel by creating a spreadsheet that will be used to manage their own personal budget. please note that you do not have to include actual values for your income and expenses; you can make up values, but they should be realistic. before attempting to design the spreadsheet in microsoft excel, students should search the web for sample personal budgets to learn how they might be organized in a spreadsheet. we will not provide samples of what the finished product will look like. a main objective of this assignment is to demonstrate how to properly organize data in an excel spreadsheet. microsoft office help, online resources, and your instructors can help to provide proper guidance.