keyword/scan

Document scan

Check a document against a keyword list

Scans Word, PDF, and plain-text documents for the terms on your list and reports every sentence each one appears in, with alternatives where the list supplies them. Works with any list. Paste or upload your own to scan for anything else. No file leaves your computer: every document is read in this browser.

About this tool

Features

  • Fully client-side processing. No file ever leaves your computer.
  • Reads Word (.docx), PDF, and plain text
  • Scans several documents as one set, so a term repeating across a batch is visible
  • Download the bundled keywords.txt to edit or replace
  • Bar and pie chart of match frequency
  • A separate Terms to use tab, specific to the bundled federal list
  • Export a report as PDF or Word

Security

  • Uploaded files are processed in your browser. No content is sent to any server.
  • Text extracted from a document is escaped before it reaches the page, so a file carrying markup cannot execute anything.
  • A strict Content Security Policy blocks injected and third-party scripts.

Usage

  1. Keep the default keyword list, or paste and upload your own.
  2. Upload one or more .docx, .pdf, or .txt files. Legacy .doc is not supported. Re-save as .docx in Word via File, Save As, Word Document.
  3. Click Generate summary.
  4. Review the findings and chart, then export a report.

01 Keyword list

02 Documents No files

Several files scan as one set: the chart totals every document together, so a term repeating across the whole set is visible.

03 Run and review

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