Learn Windows 7 - Create Zip Files

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Mahalo Windows expert Sean Hewitt gives a tutorial on how to create zip files in Windows 7.

Creating Zip Files
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Creating Zip Files is a way of compressing multiple files into a single file so they are a smaller size and all in one location. To create a zip file: 

1. Click the File icon at the bottom left corner of the screen and highlight whichever files you would like to compress by clicking and dragging your cursor over them. 
2. Once the files are highlighted, right-click with your mouse, which will prompt a menu. Click on Send to, which will prompt another sub-menu. Click on Compressed (zipped) folder (top of list) and a Compressing window will pop up showing a green progress bar. 
3. You will see a folder icon with a zipper on it. This is your zip file. Click on this file and see a list of your specified files. This function is particularly useful when having to e-mail a large number of files to someone. For example, if you wanted to send 200 photos to a friend, you can compress all 200 jpegs into a single zip file and send them that way. 

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[punchin51799]

Thanks for being straight and to the point!

[Juuso Virtanen]

When i click send to i can only choose Skype or DVD-RW

[JahBladerunner]

What a big help this was. Plus it was short and very easy to understand. Thanks

[Jin AhChan]

Thanks



[Mehmet Pinarci]

This is pretty cool , but what happens if I want to control over the compression like jpg file , what do I do , what software do I need to use ? thank you .

[Alexander Fahim]

helpful.



[Tom Bertram]

Additional tip: If creating a zip file of audio (this may not be the case to some but was for me) Highlight all the audio files - hold down ctrl - then right click files and do same process as in this video. When I tried this without clicking ctrl it simply selected the one file I was right clicking on!

[editorman100]

thanks ya !

[Tamara Banks]

Thank you!

[freaky channel]

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