Web Search–AlltheWeb
Limiting Syntax With AlltheWeb, Filetype:
I’ve discovered and a FAST spokesperson has confirmed that the syntax, filetype: will work with ATW. In addition to html material AllTheWeb provides access to pdf (Adobe Acrobat), .doc (Microsoft Word), and .swf (Macromedia Flash) content. You can apply this limit directly from the search box by typing:
filetype: pdf (Limiting to only Acrobat material)
filetype: msword (Limiting to only Word documents)
filetype: flash (Limiting to only Flash presentations)
See Also: Limits Can Also Be Combined By Placing the Filetype Limits Inside Parentheses (filetype:msword filetype:pdf)
See Also: The filetype: syntax also works with Google. However, to limit to Word documents use filetype:doc

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