Google+Tools+That+Save+Time

__**Google tools that save time:**__

eg “banana boat” filetype:doc

filetype:pdf – will find pdf documents filetype:ppt – will find powerpoint presentations filetype:doc – will find word documents

Other file extensions:


 * **.doc** || Word Document ||
 * **.docx** || Word Open XML Document ||
 * **.rtf** || Rich Text Format File ||
 * **.txt** || Plain Text File ||
 * **.wpd** || WordPerfect Document ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**.wps** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Microsoft Works Word Processor Document ||


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**.pps** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">PowerPoint Slide Show ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**.ppt** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">PowerPoint Presentation ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**.wks** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Works Spreadsheet ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**.xls** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Excel Spreadsheet ||


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**Google Shortcut** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**Finds Pages That Have...** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">dog **OR** cat || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">either the word **dog** or the word **cat** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">"raining cats and dogs" || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">the phrase **raining cats and dogs** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">cats -dogs || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">the word **cat** but NOT the word **dog** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">~cat || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">looks for the word **cat, kitten, kitty** and other synonyms ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">define:feline || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Finds definition for word **feline** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**site:**(search only one website) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**site:educationworld.com “addition”** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**#...#**(search within a number range) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**math games grade 1...4** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**related:** (related pages) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**related:www.educationword.com** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**filetype:**(restrict search to specific filetype) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**dog filetype:ppt** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**inurl:**(restrict search to page URLs) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**inurl:education** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**site:.edu** (specific domain search) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**site:.edu, site:.gov, site:.org, etc.** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**Translate** cat to French || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Will translate word to language specified ||

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