POWERGOOGLING -- SEARCHING FOR FILE
Posted by Douglas Sorocco, March 12, 2004 at 2:53 pm
POWERGOOGLING -- SEARCHING FOR FILE TYPES
Thanks to Tom at Inter Alia for pointing the way to Greg Notess Fiddling with File Types. Limiting a search to a particular file type returns results ranging from the sublime to the explicit -- need an instant PowerPoint presentation on onions, search "onions filetype:ppt". When you are in a jam, it can be a lifesaver.
A sampling from Greg's article:
Google provides access to files in many formats, including at least all of those on the following list and probably some others as well. The common file extensions for each type are listed in parentheses.
? Adobe Portable Document Format (pdf)
? Adobe PostScript (ps)
? Corel WordPerfect (wpd, wp5, wp6, wp7)
? Lotus 1-2-3 (wk1, wk2, wk3, wk4, wk5, wki, wks, wku)
? Lotus WordPro (lwp)
? MacWrite (mw)
? Microsoft Excel (xls)
? Microsoft PowerPoint (ppt)
? Microsoft Word (doc)
? Microsoft Works (wks, wps, wdb)
? Microsoft Write (wri)
? Rich Text Format (rtf)
? Text (ans, txt)
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