[[!meta title="Welcome Screen"]]

The Welcome Screen appears after the Boot Loader, but before the GNOME Desktop.

You can use the Welcome Screen to specify startup options that alter some of the basic functioning of Tails.

[[!img desktop/keyboard.png class="screenshot" alt="Keyboard Menu"]]

Persistent Storage

[[!img create_persistent_storage.png class="screenshot" alt=""]]

[[!img unlock_persistent_storage.png class="screenshot" alt=""]]

<table>
<tr><td><b>Alt+L</b></td><td><b>Language</b></td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Alt+K</b></td><td><b>Keyboard Layout</b></td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Alt+F</b></td><td><b>Formats</b></td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Alt+P</b></td><td><b>Persistent Storage</b></td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Alt+A</b></td><td><b>Additional Settings</b></td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Ctrl+Shift+A</b></td><td><b>Administration Password</b></td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Ctrl+Shift+M</b></td><td><b>MAC Address Anonymization</b></td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Alt+S</b></td><td><b>Start Tails</b></td></tr>
</table>