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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 welcome_screen.png class="screenshot" alt="Welcome to Tails!"]]

<p>With this feature turned on, unlock your Persistent Storage to
restore your settings in the Welcome Screen.</p>

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You can activate several assistive technologies, like a screen reader or large text, from the accessibility menu in the top bar, the

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Language and formats

You can configure Tails depending on your language and location from the Welcome Screen.

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Text that is not translated yet will appear in English. You can [[help
to translate more text|contribute/how/translate]].

You will still be able to switch between different keyboard layouts from the
desktop after starting Tails.

For example, the USA and the United Kingdom, two English-speaking countries,
have different standards:

<table>
<tr><th></th><th>USA</th><th>United Kingdom</th></tr>
<tr><td>Date & time</td><td>3/17/2017 3:56 PM</td><td>17/03/2017 15:56</td></tr>
<tr><td>First day of the week</td><td>Sunday</td><td>Monday</td></tr>
<tr><td>Unit system</td><td>Imperial</td><td>Metric</td></tr>
<tr><td>Paper size</td><td>Letter</td><td>A4</td></tr>
</table>

With this option you can also display the calendar in a different language
than the main language. For example, to display a US calendar, with weeks
starting on Sunday, when the main language is Russian.

Persistent Storage

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