National Media Reviews

Ability Office 4 Professional – Computer Buyer - April 2006

"Ability gives you an awful lot for your money."

Ability Office 4 Professional – Micro Mart “Highly Commended” - Feb 2006

"Anyone who has used MS Office will immediately feel at home with Ability."

Ability Office 4 Basics – Univadis – Nov 2005

"If you haven’t got hundreds of pounds to spend [on an office suite] then this product is for you."

"Ability has taken the most used office applications, made them compatible with their rivals, trimmed them down and made them faster."

PC Advisor September 2005

"Ability program formats are compatible with Microsoft’s, so you won’t have problems sharing files. Its interface also has a lot in common with (MS) Office, so if you’re used to Word or Excel, it’s easy to get to grips with Ability Office ... it costs about £400 less than (MS) Office"

Office 4 Professional – VNULabs - July 2005

"This non-Microsoft office suite has been boosted in all the right places."

Office 4 Basics – .Net “Best Buy” – May 2005

"You don’t need to spend big bucks on office software. Ability’s alternative proves that cheap needn’t be nasty."

"We were constantly surprised by what Write and Spreadsheet could do."

"A fast, flexible and very powerful office suite for less than thirty quid. Fantastic!"

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Office 4 Professional – Computer Shopper – Feb 2005

"It’s very good value, we recommend downloading the trial
version to make sure."

PC Pro December 2004

"Ability is cheap and looks great...Ability Office can mimic every edition of Word and Excel from versions 2000 to 2003"

"Whichever version of Ability Office you choose, you get a huge amount for your money."

"Spreadsheet and Write should cause Microsoft a great deal of concern."

"Ability Office leads the pack when it comes to value for money"

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Computer Shopper November 04

"Buying an office suite doesn't necessarily mean spending a lot of money, as Ability shows us with its Office 4 suite."

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Computeractive November 2004

"High level of Microsoft Office compatibility..."

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Webuser September 2004

"You don't have to work in an office to use a word processor and a spreadsheet, so why pay business prices?"

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PC Plus July 2004 Review

"Ability has chosen to emulate core features of the established MS Suite with its own collection of equally capable packages."

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Personal Computer World June 2004
First V4 Beta Review

"We were looking forward to seeing what a major upgrade might bring. We weren't disappointed."

"Overall, it's all shaping up to be another strong contender to the Office crown."

"It looks promising enough to worry Microsoft."

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See also:

Older reviews (Ability 2002 and earlier).

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