<s>
Ability	B-Application
Office	I-Application
is	O
an	O
office	O
suite	O
developed	O
by	O
Ability	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
Software	O
and	O
distributed	O
and	O
marketed	O
by	O
Ability	O
Software	O
International	O
and	O
which	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
word	O
processor	O
,	O
spreadsheet	O
,	O
database	O
,	O
modules	O
for	O
presentation	O
and	O
photo	O
or	O
image	O
editing	O
,	O
plus	O
a	O
photo/image	O
organiser	O
and	O
vector	O
line	O
drawing	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
began	O
in	O
1992	O
following	O
a	O
decision	O
to	O
replace	O
Ability	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
,	O
an	O
existing	O
DOS-based	O
integrated	O
package	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
first	O
release	O
was	O
made	O
in	O
1995	O
called	O
Ability	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
consisted	O
of	O
modules	O
for	O
word	O
processing	O
,	O
spreadsheet	O
,	O
database	O
and	O
communications	O
(	O
a	O
terminal	B-Application
program	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
second	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1998	O
called	O
Ability	B-Application
Office	I-Application
98	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
framework	O
for	O
the	O
entire	O
suite	O
was	O
changed	O
from	O
Borland	O
OWL	B-Language
to	O
Microsoft	B-Language
MFC	I-Language
resulting	O
in	O
better	O
performance	O
and	O
the	O
database	O
was	O
re-written	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Jet	B-Application
Database	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ability	B-Application
Office	I-Application
is	O
100%	O
C++	O
,	O
entirely	O
32-bit	O
and	O
uses	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
C++	I-Application
2005	O
compiler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2006	O
,	O
Tesco	O
launched	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
own-brand	O
software	O
that	O
included	O
Tesco	O
Complete	O
Office	O
,	O
a	O
Tesco-branded	O
version	O
of	O
Ability	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corel	O
(	O
Home	O
)	O
Office	O
,	O
Corel	O
Home	O
Suite	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
Ability	B-Application
Office	I-Application
5	O
.	O
</s>
