To move any object on the Panel to a different location, just drag it with the middle mouse button to the desired place, or right-click on it and choose Move applet. You can move it to a dfferent location on the same Panel, or to a different Panel. If in the course of this movement it hits other objects, the behavior depends on the global preferences you set (see la sezione Panel objects Tab): the object you are moving can switch places with other objects, "push" all objects it meets, or "jump" over all other objects without disturbing them. You can also override the default behavior by holding Shift button (for "push" mode), Ctrl (for "switched" mode), or Alt (for "free" mode, i.e. jumping other other objects without disturbing them) button while dragging.
To remove an object from the Panel, right-click on it and choose Remove from panel from the pop-up menu.
By default, the GNOME Panel contains very few basic objects, such as the Main Menu. However, there is a number of things you can add to it. For example, every menu item in the Main Menu or its submenus can be added to the panel as an application launcher. GNOME also contains a number of applets that can be added to the panel, ranging from Printer Applet, which prints a file which you drag and drop onto this applet, to Wanda the Fish. If these are not enough, there is also a number of GNOME applets available on the Internet.
To add an applet, right-click on the Panel and select Add to panel->Applet from the Panel menu. This will show you the menu of all the applets on your system, divided into categories; choosing any applet from this menu will add it to the Panel.
To create a new application launcher, select Add to panel->Launcher from the Panel menu. You will be prese