In the upper-left corner of the screen, there are 2 elements:

The Activities button [[!img lib/activities.png class="symbolic" link="no" alt=""]]

The Apps menu

<h2 id="activities">Activities button</h2>

To open the Activities Overview, you can either:

Click on the Activities button.

Throw your mouse pointer to the upper-left corner of the screen.

Press the [[!img lib/start.png class="symbolic" link="no" alt="Super"]] key on your keyboard.

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

The **Apps** menu provides launchers for the [[included software|about/features]] and GNOME utilities.

<p>See [[connecting to Tor|anonymous_internet/tor]].</p>

<p><b><i>Tails Documentation</i></b> opens an offline version of the Tails
website and documentation.</p>

<p>See [[emailing and reading news with
<i>Thunderbird</i>|anonymous_internet/thunderbird]].</p>

<p>See [[managing passwords using the
<i>Secrets</i>|encryption_and_privacy/manage_passwords]] password manager.</p>

<h2 id="accessibility">Accessibility menu</h2>

The accessibility menu allows you to activate the screen reader, screen keyboard, large text display, and other assistive technologies.

Select the **Lock Screen** button to lock your screen with a password.

<p>Your screen will automatically lock after some time if you have set up an
administration password. To disable this behavior, execute the following
command in a console.</p>

<p>An attacker with physical access to your computer and capable of finding
your screen locker password or setting up a [[cold boot
attack|doc/advanced_topics/cold_boot_attacks]] can compromise your Tails while
suspended.</p>

From the system menu, you can switch between: