Ability Office

Ability Office is a rather unknown in Germany and Austria Office package, but it may well look back on a long history and, for example, also has graphics capabilities. It is developed by Ability Plus Software from London, England, and marketed and distributed worldwide by International Traceability software.

Revision history

  • Ability 1.2 ( 1985)
  • Ability Plus 1.0 (1987 )
  • Ability Plus 2.0 (1992 )
  • Ability Plus 3.0 (1995 )
  • Ability for Windows 1.5 (1995 )
  • Ability Office 98 ( 1998)
  • Ability Office 2000 (2000)
  • Ability Office 2002 (2002)
  • Ability Office version 4 (2004)
  • Ability Office Release 5 (2008)
  • Ability Office Release 6 (2012 )

Current Version

The current version contains five main applications and will be particularly user-friendly, Microsoft - compatible. In addition, you can create PDF documents.

The applications:

  • Ability Write: a word processor with advanced layout features
  • Ability Spreadsheet: an Excel -compatible spreadsheet
  • Ability Database: a Datenmanagement-System/Datenbank (including SQL - connection)
  • Ability PhotoPaint: an image -editing program
  • Ability Photoalbum: a program for creating and managing digital photo albums
  • Ability Draw-a DTP program with vector - graphics
  • Ability Presentation: a presentation program

Hardware and Software Requirements

  • Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
  • CPU: Pentium MMX or higher
  • Hard disk space: approximately 25 MB ( full installation )
  • RAM: 32 MB RAM (more is better of course )
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