When you start Crystal Ball, the Welcome screen is displayed. For information about the application type settings, click the 
button. If you select the Accessibility setting, it activates Accessibility mode for those who need assistive screen-reading technology. The Resources hyperlinks access information about Crystal Ball. Finally, you can click one of the icons to use Crystal Ball, open a Microsoft Excel workbook, or open the Crystal Ball Examples Guide. Click Use Crystal Ball to close the Welcome screen and move immediately to Microsoft Excel.
If you are using a trial version or other time-limited version of Crystal Ball, you can learn how many days remain before your license expires. If you already have a username and serial number for a permanent license but have not yet entered it, you can click a button to activate the license for your copy of Crystal Ball.