Search Attachments in GMail Easily

Most of us use Gmail, Yahoo or hotmail as our email client. Gmail being the fastest among other two it is widely being used .

Here I will tell you about a hidden hack in gmail.Suppose you want to open an email that was sent to you by some person (name not known) and you only remember that he sent you a ppt (Power Point Presentation) ,then instead of spending time to look emails individually you can do it in few seconds.
Gmail do provide an option to do so but the hack is hidden. You can sort the file types by using the Gmail Search Mail. Follow simple steps to do so.

Step 1 : Type in Gmail Search Box "has:attachment” (without quotes) followed by your file format say pdf or ppt. If you are looking for ppt file, your search command will be.
has:attachment ppt
Step 2 : Hit enter.Your inbox will show the emails having ppt as an attachment.

So instead of spending hours to search for the file this simple trick can be useful to you.

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