From Wendy Boswell,
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If you are trying to find .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) files on the Web, there's a number of ways that you can accomplish this.

• cats filetype:pdf: Google search for .pdf files; substitute the word "cats" for anything you want
• cats originurlextension:pdf: Yahoo search for .pdf files; again, substitute the word "cats" for anything you want.
• Yummy Personal PDF Library: You can browse through lots of interesting .pdf manuals and books here.

In addition to the above, there's a lot of fun stuff that you can actually DO with .pdf files, here's a few good sites that will show you what I mean:

• Create a Graph:Create a graph and then save it in a variety of different file formats, including .pdf.
• Pixoh: Upload pictures with the ability to save them as .pdf files. Still in beta.
• Printable Paper Rules: available in .pdf format

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