Nisus Software, Inc. is founded by Jerzy Lewak as Paragon Courseware.
1984
TechFonts, a typeface with equation and schematic symbols, is released.
1985
QUED (Quality Editor) is released.
Laser TechFonts, a postscript version of TechFonts, is released.
MacQwerty, a tool that allowed usage of the Dvorak keyboard layout, is released.
MacTAG (Teacher's Assistant Grader) is released.
1987
QUED/M (Quality Editor with Macros) is released.
The company changes its name from Paragon Courseware to Paragon Concepts.
1989
Nisus 1.0, a word processor with a very powerful Find and Replace function, Unlimited Undoes, 10 separate editable Clipboards, a Thesaurus, macros from QUED/M, and graphics capabilities, is released.
Nisus 2.0 adds footnotes and other enhancements.
1990
Nisus 3.0 is released, with non-contiguous selection, named rulers, and upgraded macro capabilities.
1992
Nisus Compact, a small, very fast word processor aimed at the newly introduced Apple PowerBook, is released.
1993
Paragon Concepts becomes Nisus Software, Inc.
Nisus 3.4, is unleashed. This new version added support for Apple's new WorldScript technology, drag and drop, and support for XTND.
1994
NIsus Writer 4.0 is announced, with a redesigned interface, support for sound, QuickTime, Publish & Subscribe, text-to-speech, autonumbering, color graphics and table and equation tools.
1995
Nisus Writer 4.1.6 adds native PowerPC support, XTND translators for Word 6 and WordPerfect, plus HTML tools.
MailKeeper is released. This innovative application, using a proprietary, patented new technology called Guided Information Access (GIA), allowed users to store, retrieve, and organize information.
1996
Nisus Writer 5.0 is released, adding OpenDoc support and drag & drop for non-contiguous selections.
1997
Nisus Writer 5.1 adds over 90 changes, including a Repeat Last menu command item in the Edit menu, dynamic scrolling, and enhancements galore to the Find and Replace function.
1998
Nisus Writer 4.1.6 Free is released as a free download. (This product is no longer available for download.)
1999
Nisus Compact Free is released. (This product is no longer available for download.)
2000
Nisus Email, a POP3 email client, is released
Nisus Writer 6.0 is released, adding a Grammar checker, support for Mac OS 9 Language Kits, ViaVoice and MacSpeech support, zoom, support for Navigation Services, Nisus Text Analyzer, Auto-expanding glossary and other enhancements.
2001
Nisus Email 1.5 adds a fast find function and minor enhancements.
Nisus Email 1.6 is released adding support for OS X.
Nisus Writer 6.5 adds an outliner, a Document Manager, and numerous enhancements and fixes.
2002
Nisus Software, Inc. acquires Okito Software, makers of Okito Composer, an excellent OS X word processor.
2003
Nisus Writer Express 1.0 is released. An all new from the ground up word processor for OS X, Express is written using the Cocoa frameworks to take full advantage of advanced OS X technologies. Features include read/write documents in Unicode, RTF, RTFD, plain text format and Microsoft(R) Word (.doc); a customizable interface; AppleScript and Perl macros; noncontiguous selection; keyboard shortcuts; an exclusive Document Manager; powerful, three-level Find and Replace including Regular Expressions (GREP); multiple editable Clipboards; and document window zoom.
Nisus Thesaurus 1.0 is released as a free application for OS X. Based on the WordNet lexical database, Thesaurus includes a 120,000 word database and support for OS X Services, so that any Service aware application can use it.
Nisus Writer Express 1.0.3 adds support for Panther (OS X 10.3).
Nisus Writer Express 1.1 includes features such as a language palette, show invisibles, integration with Nisus Thesaurus, ligature and kerning support, graphics resizing, and many enhancements.
2004
A major update to Nisus Writer Express, version 2.0 adds over 30 new features, including a built-in table tool, styles, footnotes, smart quotes and more.
2005
Nisus Software, Inc, The Omni Group, and Blacksmith announced LinkBack, a new technology that brings embedded objects to the Mac OS X platform. LinkBack makes it possible to edit text or graphics pasted from another application by double-clicking on it. The technology will be included in future releases of Nisus Writer Express, OmniOutliner, OmniGraffle, and Chartsmith.
Nisus Writer Express 2.5 adds significant features such as right to left input, bullets and numbering, support for LinkBack, and many bug fixes and enhancements.
2006
Nisus Writer Express 2.6 adds an optional WYSIWYG font menu, smart to straight quote conversion and vice versa, restores document selection when reopened, a preference to reopen the last set of documents when Express is launched, and French and German localizations.
Nisus Writer Express 2.6.1 is released as a Universal Binary for the newly updated Macintosh computers with Intel chips.
Nisus Writer Express 2.7 adds Multikey Keyboard Shortcuts, Full Screen View, Leader Tabs, and an Attribute Dropper Toolbar item.
2007
Nisus Writer Pro, an advanced word processor with features over and above those in Nisus Writer Express, is released.
Nisus Writer Express 3 is released. This new version, which is built from the same core as Nisus Writer Pro, gains new features and many enhancements.
Nisus Writer Pro 1.0.2 and Nisus Writer Express 3.0.1 are released. These releases offer Mac OS X 10.5 compatibility, along with many bug fixes.
2008
Nisus Writer Pro 1.0.3 and Nisus Writer Express 3.0.2 are released.
Nisus Writer Pro 1.1 adds comments, mail merge, go to page, a large cursor option, and plenty of fixes.
Nisus Writer Express 3.1 released on August 1st.
2009
February 6 brings the release of Nisus Writer Express 3.2
Nisus Writer Pro 1.3 released on 1 July.
Nisus Writer Express 3.3.1, Nisus Writer Pro 1.3.1, and Nisus Thesaurus 1.0.7 all updated for Snow Leopard on 4 October.
Nisus Writer Pro 1.4 is released on 16 October.
Macworld reviews Nisus Writer Pro and gives it 4 1/2 mice out of five.
2010
April brings the release of Nisus Writer Express 3.3.2 and Nisus Writer Pro 1.4.1.
2011
Nisus Writer Pro 2 is released on 19 May. New features include track changes, drawing tools, and watermarks.
Nisus Writer Express and Nisus Writer Pro (both Pro 1 and Pro 2) receive updates for Lion (OS X 10.7) compatibility in July.
November sees updates for both Nisus Writer Express and Nisus Writer Pro.
2012
July 28th sees the release of Mountain Lion compatible versions of Nisus Writer Pro (2.0.3), Nisus Writer Express (3.4.2), and Nisus Thesaurus 1.1.1.
Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.4 and Nisus Writer Express 3.4.3 are released on August 10.
2013
InfoClick 1.0 is released on January 8. InfoClick is a uniquely powerful email search tool for Apple's Mail app designed to guide you to the emails you've been trying to find.
InfoClick 1.1 is released on July 18.
Nisus Writer Pro (2.0.5) and Nisus Writer Express (3.4.4) are released on September 11.
October 3rd sees the release of Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.6 and Nisus Writer Express 3.4.5.
Nisus Writer Express 3.4.6 and Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.7 are released on December 6.
2015
March 17 saw the release of Nisus Writer Pro 2.1.
Nisus Writer Pro 2.1.1 is released on April 16.
Nisus Writer Express 3.5 is released on September 18.
Nisus Writer Pro 2.1.2 shows up on October 8.
InfoClick 1.2 is released on October 30.
2016
Nisus Writer Pro 2.1.4 and Nisus Writer Express 3.5.4 are released on January 14.
August 31 saw the release of Nisus Writer Pro 2.1.5 and Nisus Writer Express 3.5.5.
September 7 brought InfoClick 1.2.2 into the world.
Nisus Writer Pro 2.1.6 and Nisus Writer Express 3.5.6 are released on November 8.
2017
March 2 was a busy day, as Nisus Writer Pro 2.1.7, Nisus Writer Express 3.5.7, and InfoClick 1.2.3 are released.
December 19 saw the release of Nisus Writer Pro 2.1.8 and Nisus Writer Express 3.5.8.
2018
Nisus Writer Pro 2.1.9 and Nisus Writer Express 3.5.9 were released on September 20.
October 4 was the day Nisus Writer Pro 2.1.10 and Nisus Writer Express 3.5.10 were released.
Nisus Writer Pro 3 was released on October 24.
December 21 saw the release of Nisus writer Pro 3.0.1.
2019
Nisus Writer Pro 3.0.2 was released on June 27.
The release of Nisus Writer Pro 3.0.3 was on August 22.
September 25 saw the release of Nisus Writer Pro 3.0.4.
Nisus Writer Express 4 was sent out to the world on October 2.
2020
Nisus Writer Pro 3.1 was released on June 16.
Nisus Writer Pro 3.2 and Nisus Writer Express 4.2 are released on November 17.
