STEP FOUR (Getting More Widgets)

When you first open Dashboard, a few of the Dashboard widgets appear onscreen, butthey're just a sample actually there are more of them. To see the collection of widgets that come with Mac OS X Tiger, just click the little plus sign (+) button in the bottom-left corner of your screen (you'll only see this button when Dashboard is open) and a row of widgets (called the Widget Bar) will pop up across the bottom of your screen (well, they don't actually pop up; they kind of push everything else on your screen up an inch or two to temporarily make room for them). At least one long row of widgets will appear, and depending on the width of your Mac's monitor, there may be another row that's hidden off to the side. If that's the case, you'll see a right-facing arrow on the far-right side of the Widget Bar. Click on it, and the second row of widgets will appear (remember, you'll only see this second row if your monitor isn't wide enough to display them all at once, which is the case with most PowerBooks and iBooks).

CLOSING THE WIDGET BAR

TIP Once you open the Widget Bar, it stays open until you close it. You do that by clicking on the X button in the bottom left-hand corner of your screen (it's the same button you clicked to open the Widget Bar, but it changes to an X when you have the Widget Bar open).