Looking for Large Quantities of MS Office, PDF & TXT Files. how can I get them ?

Question

I need to test some software on reading and indexing large quantities of files. So, I am looking for a copy of those types of files.

The files will be used only for building a large automated test environment so I don't care what's in the files.. as long as it's real files.

Interested these in files type:

MS Word
MS Excel
MS Powerpoint
MS Outlook PST Files
Text
CSV
XML
HTML
CVS
Adobe PDF
Non-Adobe PDF (pdf converter software generated files)
Wordperfect

The larger the amount of data the better (100GB-2TB's)

Also do you have any idea on a large USB hard drives which should be used for saving those files ?

these have to be real files, not computer generated files that have bogus content.

we are talking about 100GB-2TB range which is extremely huge. Downloading some small pdf files from Google really doesn't fulfill it. Please consider this huge range while responding.

Answer 1

Large .pdf's can be obtained from the IRS. Just download some tax forms or publications... :)

http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/

Answer 2

Can't help with most of them. But. THe u.s. government makes many files available in both .doc and pdf format for download.
THink social security, OSHA, EPA, FDA and IRS. Or are you thinking of obtaining them off line? Can't help there either...
Many large chemical companies offer MSDSs as pdf files, some as doc files. You'd download them (mostly) from the specific product page. Chemical supply companies like Sigma-Aldrich may offer a DVD with their MSDS files on it...
Finally what about Googles book project and downloads available from MIT and UMass, UCLA, etc. ANd of course there are on line science publications that offer free articles (variable format).
Don't forget Publicly traded companies - some may offer their Annual Report. And that brings up the SEC, LAbor and I know the Census has all sorts of data in files...Weather and geology often have data available online (NOAA and Interior)

Answer 3

Try looking through torrent downloads. A lot of e-books are shared in those networks. But they are usually in pdf format. Rarely txt nor the rest of them.