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> # Using the Desktop (Frames)

> The Sun Java System Portal Server standard Desktop allows you to access all of the portal services and features that your administrator has made available and that you have selected. You might have:

> - Email (NetMail and NetMail Lite)
> - Intranet browsing
> - Internet browsing
> - Company news

> The features on your standard Portal Desktop are displayed through content providers called channels. Channels are arranged on your standard Portal Desktop in containers called tables. Additionally, your standard Portal Desktop configuration might provide a type of channel container called sections as a means of organizing channels on multiple standard Portal Desktop pages.

> - Tables organize the channels on your standard Portal Desktop by placing them in rows and columns, which provides a way for you to customize the content and layout of your channels.
> - Sections organize the channels by placing them on separate, layered pages on your standard Portal Desktop. This type of user interface provides a way for you to customize the content and layout of the channels on a specific page.
> - The left pane of your standard Portal Desktop contains page links that allow you to access the different pages of your desktop called sections.
> - The right pane displays the sections of your standard Portal Desktop, which contain the channels and customization links.
> - The top pane contains links that allow to perform general standard Portal Desktop operations and customize overall standard Portal Desktop characteristics.

> Your standard Portal Desktop has a set of links that you can use to customize the standard Portal Desktop and perform general desktop operations. The links are:

> - Home
> - Content
> - Layout
> - Theme
> - Help
> - Log Out
> - Sections (available only if your standard Portal Desktop uses frames)

> ## Accessing the Standard Portal Desktop Sections Using Page Links

> The left panel of your standard Portal Desktop contains links to your desktop sections. The link, My Front Page is the default page displayed when you login. Depending on how your administrator has configured your desktop, you might have additional pages used to organize your standard Portal Desktop channels.

> When you choose a link, the standard Portal Desktop displays that section in the right pane of your standard Portal Desktop.

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