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Figure 13.2
the ask desktop Search breaks up search results across several different categories.
Ask Desktop supports Microsot Oice versions 2000 and higher (this is
what Ask claims, but I found that the Desktop Search also indexed iles
made with Oice 97), Outlook, Outlook Express, PDF and ZIP iles, image
iles (.jpg, .gif, and .png), music iles (.mp3, .wma, and .wav), video iles
(.mpg and .wmv), several comment formats, HTML, and TXT iles.
Ask does not ofer esoteric ile format indexing; it's actually pretty limited
in what it does index. On the other hand, Ask has a small ile footprint and
won't put a strain on a slower computer. If you have an older computer and
you want to index documents that are mostly from Microsot applications,
start here.
Google Desktop
Google Desktop (desktop.google.com) requires Windows XP or Windows
2000 SP 3+.
It just happens to have a desktop search engine, and also ofers “gadgets”
for desktop information, as well as the ability to index the contents of your
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