By default, CERF opens the first time to show your Notifications.  This is the in the Middle Panel, and both Left and Right panels are hidden at first.  Note that icons to the left will open panes in the Left Panel and the icon to the right opens the Right Panel.  The icons on the top right open the middle panel.  The first time you log in, the Notifications pane will be empty.

Left Panel (Nav Panel)

 To open the left panel, click on one of the icons shown to the left of the application:

• Documents - When the Document pane is loaded, you will see the Document Tree.  The first time you log in as a new user, you will see your Personal File Cabinet in the Documents Tree.   

• Checked Out Documents - Displays resources you have checked out for editing.
• Bookmarks - Displays resources you have bookmarked.
• Saved Searches - Displays searches you have saved.
• Local Files - Displays files on your local computer. You can import to CERF and Export from CERF using local files.

Notice that you can include all panes and you can hide them by clicking on the small x in the upper right corner of the pane.

Middle Panel (Content Panel)

The middle panel is an Active Viewer where you can both view and do your work. Click one of the icons on top of the middle panel to change the Viewer.

• Inbox - shows emails that you sent to CERF with comments and attachments.
•  Controlled Documents - Displays your controlled documents (if any) that you have initiated or have been asked to mark.
•  Notebook - displays a single Notebook page with Entries.  Load a Notebook page from the Document pane by double-clicking on the Page or selecting the Page and clicking on the View button.
• Notifications - displays your Notifications (General, Requests to Cosign, Printed copies, Annotations, Controlled Documents that need your attention).
•  Search - opens the inline Search.  You can enter terms for a full-text search and use Boolean operators to include other search parameters. Your results are shown here with right-click menu functionality.
• Data and Forms - displays the expiraments or samples that have been created.

  Right Panel (Info Panel)

The right panel always shows the Information about a CERF Resource that is selected in the Documents pane in the left panel. 

Note that you can give yourself more space to work in the Notebook Viewer by hiding the right panel (Info) by clicking on the small x in the upper-right corner of this panel (Ctrl-0).  To Show the Info again, simply click on the Info icon on the right (Ctrl-0).  Another way to get more workspace where you need it is to "grab" the vertical separators between the panels and move them left or right to change the width of a panel.  When you do this, the Document Tree toolbar icons may be shifted from one row to two rows.