Verbatim

A free, open-source platform for paperless debate, built as a template for Microsoft Word. Learn more.

Download the latest version:

Verbatim version 6 is coming soon with major new features, bug fixes, and security enhancements! If you’re downloading now, please make sure to update when it comes out. No specific date, I’m working as fast as I can – but it’s 85-90% finished.

If you’re getting a virus/trojan warning trying to download v5.1.1, it’s a false positive. There is nothing harmful in Verbatim. Microsoft recently got much more aggressive flagging false positives for files that contain VBA macros (like Verbatim). Some people have reported success using the older v.5.0 (available at the link below), which has no significant functionality difference.

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Having trouble? Read the manual.

Tired of typing citations? Try the Cite Creator Chrome extension.

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Caselists

Intel, scouting, and open source evidence for your debate community.

openCaselist

openCaselist contains caselists for:
NDT/CEDA
NFA-LD
NDCA HS Policy
NDCA HS LD
NDCA HS PF

and the Open Evidence Project.

The caselist has been completely rebuilt Summer 2022 for better performance and lots of new features.

About

Verbatim, Stratus, the caselists, and everything else here is maintained by Aaron Hardy. Questions, feedback, bug reports, and feature requests are always welcome.

Contact

Having issues? Check the Verbatim FAQ. If that doesn’t answer your question, use the form below, or send an email to support@paperlessdebate.com.

If you have a troubleshooting question, please include your operating system, version of Word, and version of Verbatim.

You do not need to email to be added to a caselist wiki, you can add a school yourself with the link on the wiki sidebar.