How to Use Google to Search for Microsoft Excel Documents. Google gives you the option of keywords searching in various format. One such option is a Microsoft Excel or .xls document. Here's how you can use Google to search for Microsoft Excel documents.
Go to the Google search homepage, www.google.com.
Click on the Advanced Features link beside the search box.
Select the Microsoft Excel (.xls) file format in the File Format section.
Alternatively, you can specify the preference directly in the search box. For example, if you want to search for the keyword pricing in Excel files, your search key should be pricing filetype:xls.
Go to the Google search homepage, www.google.com.
Click on the Advanced Features link beside the search box.
Select the Microsoft Excel (.xls) file format in the File Format section.
Alternatively, you can specify the preference directly in the search box. For example, if you want to search for the keyword pricing in Excel files, your search key should be pricing filetype:xls.