I'll try not to rant about the perversity of personal.xls usage.
Using Excel 2003.
Is there a way to set up things so that:
1. Personal.xls is always available when I create a new spreadsheet.
2. I never get asked whether I want to open it as read only.
3. Personal.xls never pops up when I start Excel.
4. I never get asked whether I want to enable macros when it's a brand new spreadsheet.
5. I can create a macro in a new spreadsheet, save it to personal.xls (without opening and unhiding anything) and have it available to any other new spreadsheet I start.
?????

If that can be done, I'd appreciate some instructions.