Is there a quick way to auto-format a photo?

hi
Here's a newbie question in PhotoShop CS4. I am going to be doing the same tasks over and over again:
1. I receive a photo from my photographer. .
2. I want to convert it to grayscale.
3. I want to run auto levels, auto contrast and auto color
4. I want to save it as a .PSD file
Is there any way to automate any of these tasks? I realize they take just a few seconds to do, but I'm wondering if there's a way to run a "Macro" script or some kind of automation.
Related question #1: if I am converting every photo to grayscale, do I need to run auto color at all?
Related question #2: does it matter what order I run my processes? (My processes are: convert to grayscale, run auto levels, run auto contrast and run auto color. That is, should I convert to grayscale first then run the auto levels, etc., or does it not matter?)
Thanks!

This is really basic.
You record an Action; save it in an Action set; and then run it on a folder of pictures using Batch or Image Processor.
I would type out detailed instructions but it's all in the Help files.

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