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#224 / May 18, 2009 / 1:37 min.

How to search a specific file type with Google

Searching the Internet with Google gives you lots of results really quickly. Sometimes, however, what you need is more quality and less quantity. If you really want to search for a specific file type it is possible to do it. Here's how.
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- Open a Google search window.

- To search type in [your search term filetype:extension] and hit enter.

- For example of this would be "olympics filetype:pdf"

- If you don't find what you're looking for you can change the file type.

Supported file types for Google Search include:
  • PDF

  • PS

  • WM (MacWrite)

  • TXT

  • PPT

  • DOC

  • XLS

  • SWF (Shockwave Flash)

  • WKS

  • WPS

  • WDB

  • WRI

  • RTF



- This is a great way to search and get results that only lead to the document type of your choice.

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