Hello Hanpster,
 HS>> I have to create an index to a comment to a draft of a law (on
 HS>> which pages keywords appear).
 HS>> Is there a macro available that can scan the text file for a
 HS>> given word and make a list on which pages it appears?
      I don't know about a macro but any GREP tool will do it.
      FGREP v1.84 by Cris Dunford is very fast, small and free.
      It is a tool to have. This grep does not support "regular expressions".
      If the TSE macro language supports EXEC then you could call a grep
      from within a macro.
      BTW, I believe List.com can place line numbers in a text.
      You would then just mark top and bottom and save to another name.
      View will do this too.
Regards, Barry 
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