My customization questions

I figured it would be best to keep the title general so that I can post multiple questions here without creating new threads for each question.

To start...

I see some people with a customized tool bar at the top of the screen that is centered and not stretched across the entire screen. How do I create this? In XP, I had a quick launch bar at the top of the screen for my professional apps, and I would like to do this again in W7.

2nd... how do I merge the clock and the calender widgets like I see in some custom themes?

Thanks.

You're probably looking at either RocketDock or ObjectDock.

I wanted a tabbed launcher and didn't want to buy ObjectDock Plus at this time. So I am using sTabLauncher. It's not as glitzy as RocketDock or ObjectDock but works very well. (I used FreeBar with Windows XP but it doesn't work properly on Windows 7.)

Guy