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Yahoo! Desktop Search lets you search over 300 types of files. The standard installation provides support for the following file types:
  • Email
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Instant Messages Instant Messages
  • Adobe PDF
  • Music
  • Images
  • Text

To expand Yahoo! Desktop Search support to all 300+ file types listed below, please download the free expansion pack.

Supported File Formats


Note: File types indicated with * are supported with the standard installation of Yahoo! Desktop Search and do not require the free expansion pack.

Generic Text
  • ASCII Text 7 & 8 bit*
  • ANSI Text 7 & 8 bit*
  • EBCDIC*
  • HTML Versions through 3.0*
  • IBM Revisable Form Text All versions*
  • IBM FFT All versions*
  • Microsoft Rich Text Format All versions*
  • Text Mail (MIME) No specific version*
  • Unicode Text All versions*
  • WML Compatible with WML specification 5.2*

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DOS Word Processors
  • DEC WPS Plus (DX) Versions through 4.0
  • DEC WPS Plus (WPL) Versions through 4.1
  • DisplayWrite 2 & 3 (TXT) All versions
  • DisplayWrite 4 & 5 Versions through Release 2.0
  • Enable Versions 3.0, 4.0 and 4.5
  • First Choice Versions through 3.0
  • Framework Version 3.0
  • IBM Writing Assistant Version 1.01
  • Lotus Manuscript Version 2.0
  • MASS11 Versions through 8.0
  • Microsoft Word Versions through 6.0*
  • Microsoft Works Versions through 2.0
  • MultiMate Versions through 4.0
  • Navy DIF All versions
  • Nota Bene Version 3.0
  • Novell WordPerfect Versions through 6.1
  • Office Writer Versions 4.0 - 6.0
  • PC-File Letter Versions through 5.0
  • PC-File+ Letter Versions through 3.0
  • PFS:Write Versions A, B and C
  • Professional Write Versions through 2.1
  • Q&A Version 2.0
  • Samna Word Versions through Samna Word IV+
  • SmartWare II Version 1.02
  • Sprint Versions through 1.0
  • Total Word Version 1.2
  • Volkswriter 3 & 4 Versions through 1.0
  • Wang PC (IWP) Versions through 2.6
  • WordMARC Versions through Composer Plus
  • WordStar Versions through 7.0
  • WordStar 2000 Versions through 3.0
  • XyWrite Versions through III Plus

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Windows Word Processors
  • Adobe FrameMaker (MIF) Version 6.0, text only
  • Corel/Novell WordPerfect for Windows Versions through 11
  • Hangul Version 97 & 2002
  • JustSystems Ichitaro Versions 5.0, 6.0, 8.0-13.0, 2004
  • JustWrite Versions through 3.0
  • Legacy Versions through 1.1
  • Lotus AMI/AMI Professional Versions through 3.1
  • Lotus Word Pro Versions 96 -- Millennium Edition 9.6 (text only)
  • Microsoft Works for Windows Versions through 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows Write Versions through 3.0
  • Microsoft Word for Windows Versions through 2003*
  • Microsoft WordPad All versions
  • Novell Perfect Works Version 2.0
  • Professional Write Plus Version 1.0
  • Q&A Write for Windows Version 3.0
  • StarOffice/OpenOffice Writer (StarOffice 5.2, 6.x, 7.x; OpenOffice 1.1 (text only))
  • WordStar for Windows Version 1.0

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Macintosh Word Processors
  • MacWrite II Version 1.1
  • Microsoft Word for Mac Versions 3.0 -- 4.0, 98, 2001*
  • Microsoft Works for Mac Versions through 2.0
  • Novell WordPerfect Versions 1.02 through 3.0

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Spreadsheet Formats
  • Enable Versions 3.0, 4.0 and 4.5
  • First Choice Versions through 3.0
  • Framework Version 3.0
  • Lotus 1-2-3 (DOS & Windows) Versions through 5.0
  • Lotus 1-2-3 (OS/2) Versions through 2.0
  • Lotus 1-2-3 Charts (DOS & Windows) Versions through 5.0
  • Lotus 1-2-3 for SmartSuite Versions 97 - Millennium Edition 9.6
  • Lotus Symphony Versions 1.0,1.1 and 2.0
  • Microsoft Excel Charts Versions 2.x - 7.0*
  • Microsoft Excel Macintosh Versions 3.0 - 98*
  • Microsoft Excel Windows Versions 2.2 through 2002*
  • Microsoft Multiplan Version 4.0
  • Microsoft Works (DOS) Versions through 2.0
  • Microsoft Works (Mac) Versions through 2.0
  • Microsoft Works (Windows) Versions through 4.0
  • Mosaic Twin Version 2.5
  • Novell Perfect Works Version 2.0
  • PFS:Professional Plan Version 1.0
  • Quattro Pro (DOS) Versions through 5.0
  • Quattro Pro (Windows) Versions through 10
  • SmartWare II Version 1.02
  • StarOffice Calc (Windows and UNIX) Version 5.2 (text only)
  • SuperCalc 5 Version 4.0
  • VP Planner 3D Version 1.0

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Database Formats
  • Access through version 2.0
  • dBASE Versions through 5.0
  • DataEase Version 4.x
  • dBXL Version 1.3
  • Enable Versions 3.0, 4.0 and 4.5
  • First Choice Versions through 3.0
  • FoxBase Version 2.1
  • Framework Version 3.0
  • Microsoft Works (DOS) Versions through 2.0
  • Microsoft Works (Mac) Versions through 2.0
  • Microsoft Works (Windows) Versions through 4.0
  • Paradox (DOS) Versions through 4.0
  • Paradox (Windows) Versions through 1.0
  • Personal R:BASE Version 1.0
  • R:BASE 5000 Versions through 3.1
  • R:BASE System V Version 1.0
  • Reflex Version 2.0
  • Q & A Versions through 2.0
  • SmartWare II Version 1.02

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Presentation Formats
  • Corel/Novell Presentations Versions through 12
  • Harvard Graphics for DOS Versions 2.x & 3.x
  • Harvard Graphics for Windows - Windows versions
  • Freelance for Windows Versions through Millennium Edition 9.6
  • Freelance for OS/2 Versions through 2.0
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh Versions 4.0 through 2001
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows Versions 3.0 through 2003*
  • StarOffice/OpenOffice Impress (StarOffice 5.2, 6.x, 7.x; OpenOffice 1.1 (text only))

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Graphic Formats
  • Adobe FrameMaker Graphics (FMV) Version 5.0
  • Adobe Illustrator Versions through 9.0
  • Adobe Photoshop (PSD) Version 4.0
  • Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) Versions 2.1, 3.0 - 6.0, Japenese*
  • AmiDraw (SDW) Ami Draw
  • AutoCAD (DXF and DWG) V.2.5 - 2.6, 9.0 - 14.0, 2000i - 2002
  • Binary Group 3 Fax All versions
  • Bitmap (BMP, RLE, ICO, CUR, OS/2, DIB & WARP) Windows 4.0*
  • CALS Raster (GP4) Type I and Type II
  • Corel Draw (CDR) Versions 6.0 - 8.0
  • Corel Draw (CDR with TIFF header) Versions 2.0 - 9.0
  • Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) ANSI, CALS NIST version 3.0
  • Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) TIFF header only*
  • GEM Paint (IMG) No specific version
  • Graphics Environment Mgr. (GEM) Bitmap & vector
  • Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) No specific version*
  • Hewlett Packard Graphics Language (HPGL) Version 2
  • IBM Graphics Data Format (GDF) Version 1.0
  • IBM Picture Interchange Format (PIF) Version 1.0
  • Initial Graphics Exchange Spec (IGES) Version 5.1
  • JFIF (JPEG not in TIFF format) All versions
  • JPEG (including EXIF) No specific version*
  • Kodak Flash Pix (FPX) No specific version
  • Kodak Photo CD (PCD) Version 1.0
  • Lotus PIC No specific version
  • Lotus Snapshot All versions
  • Macintosh PICT1 & PICT2 Bitmap only
  • MacPaint (PNTG) No specific version
  • Micrografx Draw (DRW) Versions through 4.0
  • Micrografx Designer (DRW) Versions through 3.1
  • Micrografx Designer (DSF) Windows 95, version 6.0
  • Novell PerfectWorks (Draw) Version 2.0
  • OS/2 Bitmap All versions
  • OS/2 PM Metafile (MET) Version 3.0
  • Paint Shop Pro (PSP) Windows only, Versions 5.0 - 6.0
  • PC Paintbrush (PCX and DCX) No specific version
  • Portable Bitmap (PBM) All versions
  • Portable Graymap (PGM) No specific version
  • Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Version 1.0*
  • Portable Pixmap (PPM) No specific version
  • Progressive JPEG No specific version*
  • Sun Raster (SRS) No specific version
  • TIFF Versions through 6*
  • TIFF CCITT Group 3 & 4 Versions through 6*
  • Truevision TGA (TARGA) Version 2
  • Visio (preview) Version 4
  • Visio Versions 5, 2000 - 2003
  • WBMP No specific version
  • Windows Enhanced Metafile (EMF) No specific version
  • Windows Metafile (WMF) No specific version
  • WordPerfect Graphics (WPG & WPG2) Versions through 2.0, 7.0, and 10.0
  • X-Windows Bitmap (XBM) x10 compatible
  • X-Windows Dump (XDM) x10 compatible
  • X-Windows Pixmap (XPM) x10 compatible

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Compressed Formats
  • GZIP No specific version*
  • LZA Self Extracting Compress No specific version*
  • LZH Compress No specific version*
  • Microsoft Binder Versions 7.0-97
  • MIME Text Mail No specific version
  • UUEncode No specific version
  • UNIX Compress No specific version
  • UNIX TAR No specific version*
  • ZIP PKWARE versions through 2.04g*

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Other Formats
  • Executable (EXE, DLL) No specific version
  • Executable for Windows NT No specific version
  • Microsoft Outlook Express no specific version
  • Microsoft Outlook Folder versions 97, 98, 2002, 2003
  • Microsoft Outlook Message (MSG) Text only
  • Microsoft Project Version 98 - 2003 (text only)
  • vCard Version 2.1

Note: File types indicated with * are supported with the standard installation of Yahoo! Desktop Search and do not require the free expansion pack.
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