Phoenix Software announces availability of Ability Office Home and Ability Office Business products

Phoenix Software has announced the availability of two exciting products from Ability Software namely Ability Office Home and Ability Office Business.

Ability Office Home offers six feature-rich applications in one powerful, compatible and best of all, affordable office suite. Just perfect for working from home, allowing files to be edited and exchanged with those back in the office, Ability Office Home is ideal for students and school children allowing them to get straight to work with a completely familiar user interface that requires absolutely no retraining.

Ability Office Home includes two licences for personal commercial use. Per seat site licences are also available for larger organisations, such as educational establishments.

* Write - MS Word compatible word processing
* Spreadsheet - MS Excel compatible spreadsheet
* Presentation - MS Powerpoint compatible slideshow presentation
* Photoalbum - Digital image organiser
* Draw - Vector-based line drawing and layout software
* One Click PDF Creation - Create PDFs within any relevant application

Includes FREE email and web support

Ability Office Business offers seven fully featured applications in one affordable, powerful and compatible office suite, specifically designed for the needs of businesses everywhere. Users can get straight to work with a completely familiar user interface that requires absolutely no retraining. Files can be loaded from and saved to MS Office .doc, .xls, .ppt and .mdb files, Adobe PhotoShop .psd files, plus all other mainstream graphical formats.

Ability Office Business is a cost-effective, easy-to-use and above all realistic alternative to MS Office. It includes two licences for personal commercial use. Per seat site licences are also available for larger enterprises and educational establishments.

* Write - MS Word compatible word processing
* Spreadsheet - MS Excel compatible spreadsheet
* Database - MS Access compatible database
* Presentation - MS Powerpoint compatible slideshow presentation
* Photopaint - Adobe Photoshop compatible photo and graphics editor
* Photoalbum - Digital image organiser
* Draw - Vector-based line drawing and layout software
* One Click PDF Creation - Create PDFs within any relevant application

Includes FREE email and Web support

Ability Office is now available from retail stores countrywide including Incredible Connection, Electronic Wise, ITJ, PC Mart, CNA and Kalahari.net at a recommended retail price of R499.99 for the Home Edition and R599.99 for the Business Edition.

Write - MS Word compatible word processing
Gives you everything you need to create, edit and produce better-looking letters, reports, quotations, memos, mailings and newsletters. Write has all the features that you would expect from any top quality word processor - spell checker and thesaurus, bulleted and numbered lists, frames, tables, autocorrect, auto-spell, headers and footers, numerous paragraph and font options, interactive rulers, intelligent drag and drop editing, short-cut menus for easy text revision, the capacity to include graphics, spreadsheets and charts, plus a whole host of other essential features. Write also supports a wide range of file formats for export and import.

Spreadsheet - MS Excel compatible spreadsheet
The perfect tool for managing all your numerical data, whether business information, home finances, complicated calculations or homework problems. To help you make sense of your figures, Ability incorporates all the essential elements users need from a spreadsheet program, as well as a range of advanced features - such as pivot tables and macros - to make working with numerical data as easy and clear as possible.

Database - MS Access compatible database
A powerful data management system that is perfect for storing and analysing structured data or information, including address books, inventories, customer and product lists, medical records, and any other data that can be usefully tabulated.

Presentation - MS Powerpoint compatible slideshow presentation
The ideal application for creating professional slideshow presentations, with a wide range of visual and text effects ensuring that your message is delivered with maximum impact. Make your presentations as simple or as sophisticated as you need with the combination of Ability's familiar design interface and rich creative feature set enabling production of the highest quality presentations.

Photopaint - Adobe Photoshop compatible photo and graphics editor
A feature-rich photo and image editor that will instantly feel familiar, both in interface and functionality, to users of Adobe Photoshop. Its fundamental components include paint tools, colour palettes, brushes, selections, special effects filters and layers, delivering you the ability to create the exact graphical effects and edits required.

Photoalbum - Digital image organiser
This user-friendly image organiser lets users store and easily locate their digital photos and other images, with all major graphical formats supported. Featuring a multi-window interface, Photoalbum displays a clear outline of folders, albums and favourites, file lists with property pages, and choices of thumbnail, full screen or rolling slideshow views of all pictures in any selected folder or album.

Draw - Vector-based line drawing and layout software
Object design and layout software utilising vector objects, enabling you to create your own vector-based designs for use as logos or clip art.

One Click PDF Creation
As a major added benefit, universally accepted Adobe PDF files can be created with one click from within all relevant applications, allowing secure delivery of original documents and making it quick and easy to publish documents online.