Ability Plus Software

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Ability Plus Software
Type Private
Founded 1985 [1]
Headquarters London, England, United Kingdom
Industry Computer software
Products Ability Office
Ability Write
Ability Spreadsheet
Ability Database
Ability Photopaint
Ability Presentation
Ability Photoalbum
Ability Draw
Website www.ability.com

Ability Plus Software is a global software company, the producer of a suite of low-cost (when compared to its competitors), yet similarly-featured applications. The company's flagship product is Ability Office Professional[2], the premier edition of their award-winning office suite. Ability's worldwide software distribution is managed by Formjet.

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[edit] History

The company was founded in the UK, in 1985, and by the end of that decade, had over a quarter of a million registered users. The company's early success was demonstrated when it won the Barclays Bank British Micro Computing Award, in 1987. Migent Software originally created Ability for DOS, a later revision Ability Plus included a relational database that was quite remarkable. Many of the shortcuts involving Function Keys appear in Microsoft's early Works versions. Migent Software was just gone one day, just as if they packed everything and left with no forwarding address.

[edit] Software Awards/Reviews

Ability's flagship product has been the subject of many reviews by computer journalism magazines and websites.

[edit] References and footnotes

  1. ^ Ability Product History.
  2. ^ About Ability Software.

[edit] External links


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