Portlets are the display components
of a portal and are used to organize a portal's contents on a page.
Here is a sample portlet that contains links to Web sites that provide
business or world news.
Each
portlet has its own title bar that contains a label and some icons.
You can use the icons in a portlet title bar as follows:
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If the Edit Properties icon
![edit properties icon](images/portleteditprop.png)
is displayed, then you can click this icon to modify
the portlet's title, key words, or description. If you are authorized,
then you can also share the portlet with a group of users.
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If the Edit Content icon
![Edit icon](images/portletedit.png)
is displayed, then you can click this icon to modify
the content that is displayed in the portlet.
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If the Remove icon
![Remove icon](images/portletremove.png)
is displayed, then you can click this icon to remove
the portlet from your portal page.
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You can click the Minimize icon
![Minimize icon](images/portletminimize.png)
to resize the portlet so that only the title bar
is showing. You can then use the Maximize icon
![maximize icon](images/portletmaximize.png)
to restore the entire portlet to the page.
The minimized and maximized
states are maintained only while you are logged on; they do not persist
from one session to another. The default state is the maximized state.
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If the Help icon
![question mark](images/help-icon.png)
is displayed, then you can click this icon to display
instructions for using the portlet.