Setup Navigation of pages

Hi – I’m trying to setup a simple wordpress website with static pages being the focus instead of the blog. I’ve done some research and found several ways to add a top navigation to the website but I haven’t figured out how to make the nav update when I change the page names. This is important because I’m handing the site off to someone who only wants to make changes in the admin. Is there a way I can take the pages listed in the right column and list them across the top instead?

I hope someone gets what i’m asking for. Let me know if I need to clarify something.

Thanks!!
Eva