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### Items in the Standard View

The navigation pane is located on the left. It gives you access to sets of administrative functions:

- Home. Web site and e-mail administration tools. You will spend most of the time in this area.
- Sessions. Management of your mail users' sessions in the control panel and FTP connections to your host. For more information on managing sessions, refer to chapter Monitoring Connections to Control Panel and FTP Services.
- Global Account. This shortcut appears in your Plesk Control Panel when the single sign-on capabilities are switched on the hosting server. Single sign-on technology allows you to log in to different Parallels products using a single global login name and password. This shortcut is used for changing the global login settings.
- Global Account. This shortcut appears in your Plesk Control Panel when the single sign-on capabilities are switched on the hosting server. Single sign-on technology allows you to log in to different Parallels products using a single global login name and password. This shortcut is used for changing the global login settings.
- Log Out. When finished working with control panel, click this icon to end your session.
- Help Desk. Use it to report your problems to server administrator or provider's technical support. For more information on this feature, refer to chapter Using Help Desk for Requesting Assistance From Service Provider.
- Help. Provides context sensitive help.

Below the Help icon, there is a context help tip area. It provides a brief description of the current screen or available operations. When you place the mouse pointer over a system element or status icon, it displays additional information.

To navigate through Plesk, you can also use a path bar: a chain of links that appears in the right part of the screen, below the banner area. To return to a previous screen, click Up Level in the upper-right corner of the screen.

To find items in lengthy lists, use search boxes located above every list of items: type a search criterion into the input box, and click Search. A list will show the items matching the search criteria. To return back to viewing all items, click Show All. You can hide the search area by clicking Hide Search. To show the hidden search area, click Show Search.

To sort a list by a certain parameter in ascending or descending order, click on the parameter's title in the column heading. The order of sorting will be indicated by a small triangle displayed next to the parameter's title.

To customize your control panel in the Standard view, refer to the Customizing Your Control Panel in the Standard View section.