@ 04herrs
Please don't quote entire posts, it's not necessary and just clutters up the forum, thanks.
Read this
http://www.excelguru.ca/content.php?184 for an understanding regarding cross posting. It makes things easier for everybody when you include links.
#1 situation is from data validation. All the data validations have the check box checked to display an input message.
#3 can be achieved using the worksheet_change event but you'd need to elaborate on the who, what and where aspect of things.
#2 maybe conditional formatting, although I don't know if shifting the day schedules would wipe out the CF or not. Maybe using the worksheet_change event needed here also.