When you’re finished, a message box will display telling you how much space you’ve saved through compression. WinZip will download these files and focus on all elements of zip creation from within the program. It’s easy to create a zip from files from cloud accounts as long as you’re logged in. All of the context menus are fully configurable, so you can choose just to view the WinZip commands.
You can save files to an archive or zip and email them. You’ll also see a button for your cloud options which allows you to create zips directly from Dropbox, Google Drive, or Microsoft OneDrive online storage.Īt the very top of the app’s window, you’ll find small quick-access buttons used for creating a new zip file, opening an existing one, or sending it to online storage service. Under the control bar’s first option, Create, you can encrypt documents, resize photos, add a watermark, and convert to a PDF. You can even dress the program in themes. It’s modern and sleek, though you can revert to the classic WinZip interface if you prefer. It includes a ribbon control bar that’s easy to navigate. WinZip's main interface has a similar look as Microsoft Office programs. This even allows you to add government-level encryption to protect documents. In addition to ZIP, it works with TAW, CAB, RAR, 7z, LZH, ARJ, and BHZ. It even supports many additional archive file formats that are easily found on the web. If you downloaded the EXE file doubleclicking should automatically begin the unzipping process for you.WinZip does much more than just zip and unzip files.
If you downloaded the ZIP file this should open up your WinZIP or StuffIt application so you can uncompress the archive. To open your ZIP or EXE file, now all you need to do is find the folder you saved to your hard drive and doubleclick on it. However, you must keep the extension the same as the name suggested by the computer or you will confuse the computer when it comes time to open the file. Feel free to rename the file (the name in front of the period) anything you like. The computer uses these three letters to determine the type of file that it is working with. The three letters that follow the period in a file name are the extension. Second, if you do rename the file, do not rename the extension. If you accept the browser's defaults and let the program choose where to put the file and what to name it you should make a note of the name and location of the file in order to find it later. You can either accept these defaults, or you can change them.īefore you click "Okay" to save the file to your disk, you should be aware of two important things.įirst, you will have to remember where the file is located and what it is called.
Usually, the browser will already have a folder in mind, and the filename will already be filled in. You will then be given another dialog box asking where you want to save the file.
Choose "Save the file to disk." This saves the file to your hard drive.
Just save the EXE file to your hard drive and doubleclick on the filename to unzip the Word documents inside.Įvery Web browser will be slightly different, but, generally, the download starts when you get a dialog box that asks what you want to do with the file.
EXE files don't require any additional software to "unzip", but they are only PC-compatible. Just like ZIP files, these are files compressed into one package for your convenience.
ZIP files are both PC and Macintosh compatible, but you need to have a program installed on your computer to "unzip" the files and save them to your hard drive. These files are compressed into one package to make downloading faster and easier.