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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) August 18, 2004

                             AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Georgia                         0-12456                58-1098795
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(State or other jurisdiction         (Commission File           (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)                    Number)            Identification No.)

    470 East Paces Ferry Road, N.E.                                 30305
         Atlanta, Georgia                                         (Zip Code)
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(Address of principal executive offices)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code (404) 261-4381

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Item 7(c).        Exhibit

Exhibit 99.1      Press Release of American Software, Inc., dated August 18,
                  2004, reporting American Software, Inc.'s financial results
                  for the first quarter of fiscal year 2005.

Item 12.          Results of Operations and Financial Condition

                  Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference
                  herein is financial information for American Software, Inc.
                  for its first fiscal quarter, ended July 31, 2004, and certain
                  forward-looking statements, as presented in a press release of
                  August 18, 2004. The information in this report shall be
                  deemed incorporated by reference into any registration
                  statement heretofore or hereafter filed under the Securities
                  Act of 1933, as amended, except to the extent that such
                  information is superseded by information as of a subsequent
                  date that is included in or incorporated by reference into
                  such registration statement. The information in this report
                  shall not be treated as filed for purposes of the Securities
                  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                  AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC.
                                                        (Registrant)

                    Date: August 18, 2004         By: /s/ Vincent C. Klinges
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                                                      Vincent C. Klinges
                                                      Chief Financial Officer



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.       Subject Matter

Exhibit 99.1      Press Release of American Software, Inc., dated August 18,
                  2004, reporting American Software, Inc.'s financial results
                  for the first quarter of fiscal year 2005.


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