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Yesterday we covered PDFoo which allows you to search an index of PDF files found on websites across the Internet. Today we’re covering a Firefox add-on called pdf-google-finder which allows you to find all PDFs that are available from a particular website.

pdf-google-finder adds a menu entry called “Find PDFs for this domain” which will open a new tab with a Google search for PDF files for the domain you are currently browsing.

This is still an experimental add-on and as such doesn’t properly work with Firefox 3 yet (at least on my machines).

Download pdf-google-finder Firefox add-on from here.

We’ve previously covered Loop for Firefox which allows you to “Upload, convert and combine your files to PDF from a tidy toolbar, without the conversion getting in the way of your Web browsing”.

But if you’re just looking for a Firefox add-on that helps you convert web pages to PDF then you should check out PrintPDF.

Currently this Firefox add-on only supports Firefox 3 and doesn’t create hyperlinks in the PDF files.

Once you have installed PrintPDF simply go to File > Print to PDF to convert the web page you are currently viewing to PDF. Your default printer options are used when formatting the page for PDF generation.

Download the PrintPDF Firefox add-on from here.

We fully understand that PDFs can be a little bit confusing when you first start using them. They’re pretty to look at but sometimes when you want to do some seemingly simple tasks — convert PDF to Word, copy text, etc — you can run into big problems. If you’re stuck and need an answer shoot us an email and we’ll happily try to write a post that answers your question.

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