#worddoc

Looking for a specific document on the Internet can be difficult sometimes. Many search keywords will return hundreds of Web pages, especially in popular subject areas. Google labels all PDF (Adobe Portable Document Format) files in the search results under each title. However, going through many pages to find the PDF files can be time-consuming and exhausting. Save time by restricting Google search to return PDF documents.

List of Searchable File Types Indexed by Google

Most types of pages and files can be indexed by Google. The following are the most common indexed file types:

Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf)

Adobe Flash (.swf)

Adobe PostScript (.ps)

Autodesk Design Web Format (.dwf)

Google Earth (.kml, .kmz)

GPS eXchange Format (.gpx)

Hancom Hanword (.hwp)

HTML (.htm, .html, other file extensions)

Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx)

Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx)

Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx)

OpenOffice presentation (.odp)

OpenOffice spreadsheet (.ods)

OpenOffice text (.odt)

Rich Text Format (.rtf)

Scalable Vector Graphics (.svg)

TeX/LaTeX (.tex)

Text (.txt, .text, other file extensions), including source code in common programming languages:

Basic source code (.bas)

C/C++ source code (.c, .cc, .cpp, .cxx, .h, .hpp)

C# source code (.cs)

Java source code (.java)

Perl source code (.pl)

Python source code (.py)

Wireless Markup Language (.wml, .wap)

XML (.xml)

How to Search PDF files on Google?

If you're looking for only PDF files on Google (or XLS, or DOC, or any other format), you'll need to understand how to use Google's specific search commands (Google Search Operators).

Google advanced search operator filetype: restricts the search to a specific file type. Placing search terms or keywords on either side of the operator brings nearly the same search results.