You can identify a part by the title bar which contains the name of that part and a down arrow, as shown at the right.

These parts will be displayed as minimized (only the title bar showing) or open in a specially designed view to fit on that Home Page.

Click the down arrow, as shown here, to change the view from minimized to restored or vice versa.

Open any Web part in Full View by clicking directly on the name of the title bar.

Open any item within the part by clicking directly on its corresponding link.

Each Departmental Home Page contains a Quick Launch bar, as shown at the left, for displaying frequently-used lists and documents.  Your Intranet Webmaster or System Administrator will set this up for you.

ACCESSING DOCUMENTS
Click on the name of any document to open it in its "native" software, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher, Acrobat, etc.

Click the down arrow that appears to the right of the document name for additional options.

Note:  The options listed will differ, based on the document properties and your permissions on the intranet.  Please check with your Intranet Webmaster if you have any problems accessing these options.

SETTING ALERTS
You can set up an alert that will send an email to you when the document has  changed.

By clicking on the document's down arrow and selecting Alert Me from the shortcut menu, the page shown at the left will appear.  Make your choices and click on OK.

From now on, whenever the document changes, you will be alerted as requested.  MORE ABOUT ALERTS