# Setting up Navigation

After you have created a portal and added books and pages to the portal desktop, you should determine the type of navigation to use between books and pages and set the default page that appear when users access the Desktop.

The main body of a desktop is contained within a main page book that is created automatically when you create a portal. You set navigation properties on this main page book.

To set up navigation on books

1. With the Portal file open, use the Document Structure window to select the book you want.
2. In the Property Editor window, select one of the following from the Navigation field:
   - Single Level Menu - Provides a single row of tabs for navigation among books and pages.
   - Multi Level Menu - Provides multiple levels of nested tabs for navigating among books and pages. Sub-books and pages are accessed through a cascading drop-down menu. Drop-down functionality occurs when books are added directly to books rather than to placeholders on pages.
   - No Navigation - Suppresses the sub-book and pages tabs in the book. This option is useful, for example, if you use the Targeted Menu Portlet or the Left Navigation Shell for book navigation.

   Note: If you created your own navigation menus by copying and modifying the default menus, they are also available for selection.

3. Save the portal file.

## Samples

You can use the Portal Samples for to change and view navigation modifications. The Tutorial Portal also contains different Look & Feel implementations.

Related Topics

How Do I: Use Drop-Down Navigation in Portals?

Tutorial: Changing a Portal's Look & Feel and Navigation

Modifying Navigation Menus

The Portal User Interface Framework

Changing Look & Feel

What is a Portal?