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When Ubuntu Linux is installed a number of items are added to the two default panels. Additonal items, however, my be added to any panel. To add items to a panel simply click with the right mouse button over the panel to be configured and select the ''Add to Panel'' menu option. The ''Add to Panel'' dialog will then appear:

To add an item to the panel scroill through the list, select the item you are interested in and press the ''Add'' button. The following screenshot shows a panel with the system monitor and weather items added:

To edit the properties or preferences for a panel item move the mouse pointer over the item in the panel and click the right mouse button. Select either ''Properties'' or ''Preferences'' from the menu and the appropriate dialog will appear. For example, the ''Preferences'' panel for the Weather item allows various settings to be changed, such as the location and units for displaying temperature (celcius or farenheit). The system monitor can similarly be configured to also display system load, memory and network graphs.

If you find there is an application you frequently launch from the desktop ''Applications'' or ''System'' menus, these may also be added to a panel. To do so launch the ''Add to Panel'' dialog as outlined above and click on the ''Application Launcher''. The resulting dialog will list each menu item and all sub-menu items. If for example, you wanted to be able launch OpenOffice Word Processor from the panel simply click on the arrow next to ''Office'' in the ''Add to Panel'' dialog to unfold the list of Office applications. Select ''OpenOffice.org Word Processor'' and click on the ''Add'' button: