I have a few questions here, some easy, some notso easy i think.

1. When i open my excel workbook i always want it to open on the front page, but it currently opens on what every page it was saved on. Is it possible to always open on the front page?

2. Following on from question 1. When i open my workbook i want all filters to refresh. Currently it saves whatever filters were used previously.

3. I am thinking it may be useful for me to have a button which will clear whatever is in selected cells on a sheet. You know, rather than deleting cell by cell.

4. Is it possible to lock (protect) certain cells on a sheet? I dont want to protect the whole sheet, just headings and things like that.

If i can get these 4 things going my workbook will be complete (or just about!!). Any help or advice would be appreciated very much.

Oh and to help me in the future, does anyone know where i can learn all about excel and macro's for free?