Under Tools> Options> Views you can turn off the status bar, formula bar, and Row/Column headings
Try the following
Sub Auto_open()
With ActiveWindow
.DisplayHeadings = False
.DisplayHorizontalScrollbar = False
.DisplayVerticalScrollBar = False
.DisplayWorkbookTabs = False
End With
Application.DisplayFormulaBar = False
Application.CommandBars("Standard").Visible = False
repeat for any other toolbars you want
Sheets("Sheet1").Select
ActiveSheet.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, Scenarios:=True
End Sub
This will remove Row & column headers, scrollbars and worksheet tabs. Don't forget to restore all of these by replacing the False with True in a sub called auto_close()