[Felissa]

Here is an example of applet
about the part 2 that you describe, I dont understand, send the code maybe I can help you.

greetings

Code:

import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.Applet;

public class AWT extends Applet {
   public void init() {
     setLayout(new BorderLayout());
     add(new Button("North"), BorderLayout.NORTH);
     add(new Button("South"), BorderLayout.SOUTH);
     add(new Button("East"), BorderLayout.EAST);
     add(new Button("West"), BorderLayout.WEST);
     add(new Button("Center"), BorderLayout.CENTER);
   }
}

Felissa