Search; Chrome; Google

A Review- 10 Quick Search Tips

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  1. Ctrl f  (in most application and generally speaking most websites this combination will present a search box)
  2. Window key and start typing (this will search anything present in Windows 8 including all installed software)
  3. / (in Google Drive online clicking / will automatically place your cursor in the search box)
  4. Search text within PDF’s and Images (Use # 3 above (/) and start typing to search for text within the first 100 pages of any PDF or text document w/i Google drive (or the first 10 pages of any image PDF))
  5. Chrome Search History (Search w/i your Chrome history for quick access to past online work.)  For example I know I need to access something related to Grade 10 that I worked on yesterday.  I would follow these steps:
    – Open Chrome and click on History at the top
    -Click Show Full History to view all search history by device or to search within
  6. Press the Windows logo key Picture of the Windows logo key +D. (To restore minimized windows, press the Windows logo key Picture of the Windows logo key +D again.)
  7. Google search by reading level
  8. Google search in multiple languages
  9. Google search by range
  10. New Google search within a site , or within educational institutions w/ site:edu
    site-specific

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Search tips numbers 6, 7 and 8 are focused on Google search itself.

 

 

6. Search by reading level
serach by reading level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Search in multiple languages

languages

search languages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Search by a particular range
To specify a particular number range, type .. then a space, then the numbers in your range.  For example snowfall ’63..cm’
RANGE

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Hopefully by now you have the first three tips that I shared last week down.

  1. Ctrl f  (in most application and generally speaking most websites this combination will present a search box)
  2. Window key and start typing (this will search anything present in Windows 8 including all installed software)
  3. / (in Google Drive online clicking / will automatically place your cursor in the search box)

4.  Search text within PDF’s and Images (Use # 3 above (/) and start typing to search for text within the first 100 pages of any PDF or text document w/i Google drive (or the first 10 pages of any image PDF))
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5. Chrome Search History (Search w/i your Chrome history for quick access to past online work.)  For example I know I need to access something related to Grade 10 that I worked on yesterday.  I would follow these steps:
– Open Chrome and click on History at the top
-Click Show Full History to view all search history by device or to search within

history

–search within history