There are several features available at the top of your portal that provide access to some basic portal functions (such as help and search).

Feature	Description
Greeting	Lets you know that you are logged in as the correct user. By default your greeting is Welcome, user name where user name is the name of the user by which you are logged in.
Administration	Provides access to the Administrative Objects Directory, where you can create and manage portal objects and access portal utilities. Note: Administration appears only if you have the Access Administration activity right.
My Account	Lets you edit your user profile, display options, locale settings, and search preferences, as well as view your user profile and change your password. Note: You must have the Edit Own Profile activity right to be able to edit your user profile.
Help	Opens the help associated with the displayed page.
Log Off	Logs you out of your portal.
Search box and button	Let you search for documents, document folders, communities, community pages, portlets, and users in your portal.
(top best bet icon)	Takes you directly to the top best bet result for the term you enter in the search box. If no top best bet has been set for the term, you will see the regular search results. Note: appears next to the search box only if enabled by portal developers.
Advanced Search	Lets you perform an advanced search by searching the portal for text or specific document properties.
Federated Search	Lets you perform a federated search (if your portal administrator has set up any federated search resources) to search other content, portals, and web search engines. Note: Federated Search appears only if enabled by portal developers.