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<h1 id="top-navigation-bar">Top navigation bar</h1>

The <b>Activities</b> button

The <span class="guimenu">Applications</span> menu

The <span class="guimenu">Places</span> menu

- Throw your mouse pointer to the top-left hot corner.

<h2 id="applications">Applications menu</h2>

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<p><b><i>Settings</i></b></p>

<p>To change various system settings such as keyboard, mouse,
touchpad, or displays, choose <b>System Tools&nbsp;▸ Settings</b>.</p>

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<p>By default, any setting that you change in Tails is lost when you shut
down. Only the settings that you saved in the [[Persistent
Storage|persistent_storage]] are restored when you restart Tails.</p>

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<p>To learn about the many keyboard shortcuts in GNOME, open the
<i>Settings</i>. At the bottom of the <b>Keyboard</b> section, choose
<b>View and Customize Shortcuts</b>.</p>

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<p><b><i>About Tails</i></b></p>