Use Google's "range search" for greater specificity

When you want to narrow your search to a specific range of dates or numbers, Google has special syntax to perform your search in 1 step.

For example, suppose you're looking for a new printer, costing $80 to $150. Here's what your search would look like:

printer $80..$150

Simply put 2 periods between the numbers, and Google will return hits with printers in that price range.

Want to search a range of prices within a specific website? Add site:nameofwebsite to your search. i.e.:

printer $80..$150 site:bestbuy.com

Range searching is also useful for specifying dates. Suppose you are looking for recent research on a topic, within the last two years. Your search would look something like this:

autism research 2006..2007

And if you want results only from government agencies, your search would be:

autism research 2006..2007 site:.gov

You can get all the same results by drilling down within individual websites, but this Google syntax will get you there faster.


Pauline
teachmeinternet.com

Add, remove, rearrange pages in PDF files

In a recent post I listed some free sources for converting files to PDF and other formats.

Here's a resource to rearrange pages and combine existing PDF files: PDF Hammer.




The service is still in "beta" (not ready for prime time.) They bill themselves as a PDF editor, but as far as I can tell, you can only manipulate the pages, not the text.

However, it's still handy for pulling apart pages from one PDF file and adding them to another PDF file.

Pauline
teachmeinternet.com