New version of Numbers - two important questions

Question

I'm running the new version of Numbers and have some questions.
First let me say that I switched from PC to Mac earlier this year.  I decided I wanted to try Numbers instead of Excel.  Although I do have Office for Mac installed as well.  I setup a basic check register.  The "type" field is a pull down thing so I can select the type of transaction...deposit, debit, etc.  That's still working fine.  I have a description field that is for who or what is being paid or deposited.  The Category field is for the type of item...salary, credit card payment, utility, etc.  In the previous version, I would start typing in those two fields and if I had previously typed something, it would ome up for me to select.  This made things very easy for me.  Now in this new version, that feature is not there.  I did some quick reading in the forum and I believe I read that this feature is no longer in the new version.  Is that correct??  Why they heck did they do that....it makes things harder.  I guess I could try to setup a pull-down for the category field but frankly I don't want to do that.  For the type field (deposit, debit, etc), I don't mind having a pull down as there's not a lot of choices there.  But the category field would have quite a few items.
Second question is another annoying problem...
In the previous version when I opened the file, it would be right where I saved it.  I always save the check register at the start of the next entry so it's right where I need it to open next time.
Every time I open the file (even after saving it with the cursor on the next entry), it opens all the way at the top.  It's extremely annoying to have to scroll all the way down to the next blank entry.  Is there any way to fix this??
I saved a template of this file before I started using it in June.  I will start a new file using the template each year.  I didn't go all the way back to January when I started this file, I just started it from June.  Still have the old Excel file for previous info.  So the file isn't as "long" as next years would be...but it's still very annoying to have to scroll down every time I open the file.  Any suggestions?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi Jerry,
That's what I do every time.
I select the first cell on the next blank line and save the file.  Although I was using the menu to save & close.
I just tried it again and used the shortcuts for save and close.  I had the cursor in the first cell which is the type cell pull down menu.  Saved, closed and re-opened and it was all the way back at the beginning again.  Tried it once more but this time istead of selecting the pull down cell, I selected the next empty one.  Same thing.  When I re-open it goes back to the beginning.
I don't understand it.  It was fine before I updated to the new version of Numbers.
I checked my budget file.  I scrolled down, clicked a cell and saved it.  Went back in and it was right where I left it.  Strange.  I think I just figured it out....
There were two differences in the files.  The register has the top two lines frozen, the budget doesn't.  The register only has one sheet and it wasn't renamed.  The budget has a sheet for each month named accordingly.  So I went to the register and renamed the sheet.  Scrolled down to the blank entry, saved and closed.  Opened it back up and it was right where I left it.
Don't understand it, but it looks like it's now fixed.
Thanks.
Lisa