Limit Your Google Searches to Certain Types of Files

Contributed by AlexTheBeast

November 29, 2003

Tagged: Google

Filetype allows you to limit which type of files to return in your search. These at least include the following formats:

DOC – Microsoft Word Files
PPT – PowerPoint Presentations
XLS – Excel Spreadsheets
HTML – Web Pages
HTM – Web Pages
PDF – Adobe Acrobat

For example to find powerpoint presentations on medicine one could search for: