# Desk, Office, People and Brain: the four areas > PlexiDesk has four areas, Desk, Office, People and Brain, each with its own menu. Learn what each one holds and how to move between them. Source: https://plexiidesk.com/help/plexii-areas Section: Get started > Start here Plans: All plans Updated: 2026-10-10 Everything in PlexiDesk sits in one of four areas: - **Desk**: your rooms, desks and the canvas you work on. - **Office**: documents, spreadsheets, slides and the other PlexiiOffice apps, plus mail, calendar, chat and meetings. - **People**: the people in your organisation and who is around. - **Brain**: what your workspace knows, search, automations and agents. Each area has its own menu on the left, with only that area's apps in it, so the menu stays short. Four tabs at the top of every menu move you between areas in one click. ## Before you start - **Plans.** All four areas are on every plan. A few apps inside them need a particular plan, and are noted below. - **Organisations.** If an administrator has turned an area off for your organisation, its tab shows greyed out with a lock. ## Switch between areas The tabs **Desk**, **Office**, **People** and **Brain** sit near the top of every area's menu, just below the workspace switcher. The tab for the area you are in is highlighted. 1. Look at the menu on the left of the window. 2. Below the workspace switcher, choose **Desk**, **Office**, **People** or **Brain**. Where each tab takes you: - **Desk** opens **Home**, your Home dashboard in the Desk area. - **Office** opens the Office menu's **Home** page. - **People** opens **People Home**. - **Brain** opens a page with a tile for each Brain app. You can also press `⌘` `K` on a Mac (`Ctrl` `K` on Windows) and choose **PlexiOffice**, **PlexiPeople** or **PlexiBrain**. The workspace switcher above the tabs chooses which organisation you are working in. See [Organisation settings and switching workspaces](https://plexiidesk.com/help). ### If a tab is greyed out A greyed tab with a lock means that area is not available to you. Point at the tab to see why: either an administrator has turned it off, or it is not included in the plan. If you can change the plan, clicking the tab opens the pricing page in your browser. If you are a member of an organisation, ask an administrator. The **Desk** tab is always available. ## Desk The Desk area's menu is the side menu you see most of the time. It has **New desk** at the top, then the workspace switcher and the area tabs, then: - **Home**: your Home dashboard. - **Attention**: everything that needs you, with filters. - **Rooms**: all your rooms. The arrow beside it shows **All desks**, **Shared** and **Trash**. - **Connected Apps**, while a desk is open. See [The side menu](https://plexiidesk.com/help/side-menu) for every item, and [Desks, rooms and the canvas](https://plexiidesk.com/help/desk-overview) for how desks work. ## Office The Office menu has a **PLEXIOFFICE** heading. Under the area tabs are pages for finding and starting files, including **Home**, **Recent**, **Starred** and **Templates**. Then come two sections. **Apps** - **PlexiDocs**: documents. See [PlexiiDocs](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **PlexiSheets**: spreadsheets. See [PlexiiSheets](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **PlexiSlides**: presentations. See [PlexiiSlides](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **PlexiDiagrams**: flowcharts and diagrams. See [Diagrams](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **PlexiDesign**: page layout and print. See [PlexiiDesign](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **PlexiDraw**: vector drawing and painting. See [PlexiiDraw](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Browser**: a web browser that belongs to no desk. See [Browse the web inside PlexiDesk](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Files**: every file you have, in folders. See [Files: your folders and files](https://plexiidesk.com/help). **Communicate** - **Office Home**: Office's own dashboard. See [The Home dashboard](https://plexiidesk.com/help/home-dashboard). - **Mail**: your email. See [Mail in Plexii](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Inbox**: notifications and share invites. See [Inbox: your notifications](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Calendar**: your week and what is due. See [Calendar in Plexii](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Chat**: channels and direct messages. See [PlexiiChat](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Meet**: video calls and meetings. See [PlexiiMeet](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Sign**: send documents for signature, on the Pro and Team plans. See [PlexiiSign](https://plexiidesk.com/help). For the whole Office area, see [PlexiiOffice: your office suite](https://plexiidesk.com/help). ## People The People menu has a **PLEXIPEOPLE** heading. Choosing the **People** tab opens **People Home**. Under **Apps** you will find: - **People Home**: team status and who is around. - **Directory**: everyone in your workspace. See [The People area](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Organisation**: members, roles, offices and profiles. Team plan. See [Set up and manage your organisation](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Organisation Map**: everyone by office and reporting line. Team plan. See [People Map](https://plexiidesk.com/help). On plans without them, **Organisation** and **Organisation Map** do not appear in the menu. ## Brain The Brain menu has a **PLEXIBRAIN** heading. Choosing the **Brain** tab opens a page with a tile for each Brain app. Click a tile, or choose the app in the menu under **Apps**: - **Brain Home**: a dashboard for what your workspace knows. - **Ask Brain**: your knowledge base. See [Build your knowledge base in Ask Brain](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Search**: find anything across your workspace. See [Search everything and ask for an answer](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Brain Map**: your knowledge as a linked map. See [See your knowledge as a map](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Decisions**: what was decided, and what a change puts at risk. See [Track decisions](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Assemble a desk**: gather related items from across your workspace into a new desk. See [Assemble a desk](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Flows**: automations that run your work. See [Automate with Flows](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Agents**: the AI agents working on your desks. See [See and manage all your agents](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Connect**: the apps and services you have connected. See [Add and use connected apps](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **APIs**: connect your own scripts and AI tools. See [Connect your own scripts and AI tools](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Insights**: focus insights from your sessions. See [Focus tools](https://plexiidesk.com/help). For the whole Brain area, see [Brain: your workspace knowledge](https://plexiidesk.com/help). ## The PlexiDesk app menu Besides the Desk side menu, PlexiDesk has an app menu that gathers the Desk area's apps in one place, with a **PLEXIDESK** heading. To open it: 1. Press `⌘` `K` on a Mac (`Ctrl` `K` on Windows). 2. Type **PlexiDesk** and choose **PlexiDesk**. The **Plan** button in the Home dashboard's **Quick actions** widget also opens this menu, on **Plans**. The menu's first **Home** shows a tile for each app. Under **Apps** you will find: - **Home**: your Home dashboard. See [The Home dashboard](https://plexiidesk.com/help/home-dashboard). - **My Desk**: the desk you have open. With no desk open, it shows **Your desks**, a live thumbnail of each top-level room and desk. Click one to open it, or right-click it to archive it or move it to Trash. If you have no desks yet, it offers **New desk**. - **Workspaces**: your organisations. Team plan. See [Set up and manage your organisation](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Plans**: timelines and milestones. See [Plans: timelines for your rooms](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Desks**: opens **All Tasks**, every task across your desks in one list. See [See every task in All Tasks](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Calendar**: your work by date. See [Calendar in Plexii](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Files**: every file in your workspace. See [Files: your folders and files](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - **Recent**: the documents you last opened, newest first. ## Each area has its own Home Every area has a dashboard you can arrange your own way. Each one keeps its own layout: - **Home** in the Desk area. - **Office Home** in the Office menu, under **Communicate**. - **People Home** in the People menu. - **Brain Home** in the Brain menu. See [The Home dashboard](https://plexiidesk.com/help/home-dashboard) and [Customise your Home dashboard](https://plexiidesk.com/help/home-customize). ## Hide an area's menu, and get back to Desk The Office, People and Brain menus, and the PlexiDesk app menu, have two buttons at the top right of the menu: - **Minimise** hides the menu so the page gets the full width of the window. A small button with the area's name, for example **PlexiOffice**, appears at the top left. Choose it to bring the menu back. PlexiDesk remembers whether you left a menu minimised. The People and Brain menus and the PlexiDesk app menu share this setting, so minimising one minimises all three. - **Back to PlexiDesk** (the grid icon) takes you to **Home** in the Desk area. Until you minimise or restore one yourself, these menus start minimised on a small window. The Desk side menu has its own minimise button. See [The side menu](https://plexiidesk.com/help/side-menu). ## Common questions **Where is Calendar?** In **Office > Communicate > Calendar**, beside Mail and Inbox. It is also in the PlexiDesk app menu. **Where is Files?** In **Office > Apps > Files**, beside Browser. It is also in the PlexiDesk app menu. **Where is the Vault?** In **Settings > Data**. Open Settings with the gear at the top right of the window. See [Store passwords in the Vault](https://plexiidesk.com/help). **Where is the Plexii hub?** Open the assistant with the Plexii button at the bottom right, then click the Plexii wordmark at the top of the panel. Or press `⌘` `⇧` `K` on a Mac (`Ctrl` `Shift` `K` on Windows). See [Use the Plexii hub](https://plexiidesk.com/help/plexii-hub). **Why can I not see Organisation or Organisation Map?** They are part of the Team plan. See [Plan features](https://plexiidesk.com/help). **Why are there two Home entries in some menus?** In the Brain and People menus and the PlexiDesk app menu, the **Home** at the top shows a tile for each of the area's apps, and the Home under **Apps** (for example **Brain Home**) is the area's dashboard. In the Office menu, **Home** is Office's start page for creating and reopening files, and **Office Home** under **Communicate** is its dashboard. ## Everything in this section - [The side menu](https://plexiidesk.com/help/side-menu) - [Desks, rooms and the canvas](https://plexiidesk.com/help/desk-overview) - [The Home dashboard](https://plexiidesk.com/help/home-dashboard) - [PlexiiOffice: your office suite](https://plexiidesk.com/help) - [The People area](https://plexiidesk.com/help) - [Brain: your workspace knowledge](https://plexiidesk.com/help) - [Meet Plexii, your assistant](https://plexiidesk.com/help/ai-assistant)