It is a free download from the Internet. WinZip.com in your browser address window should take you there and you will be able to download a version of WinZip from that site for evaluation and use for a period of time.
The WinZip® Wizard simplifies the process of creating, updating, unzipping and installing software distributed in Zip files using the standard and familiar "wizard" interface. Features include:
· Fast access to Zip files you downloaded: no need to use Windows Explorer or My Computer to hunt for Zip files. The Wizard lists the Zip files in your "Favorite Folders" by date, with the most recent files first, so you can quickly access the files you just downloaded. The search feature can find any Zip files lost on your hard drive.
· Automatic installation of software distributed in Zip files: if a Zip file contains a "setup" or "install" program, just click "Unzip and Install". The Wizard will unzip the files, run the installation program, and clean up any temporary files. Special Wizards make installation of desktop themes and screen savers a snap.
· Easy unzipping: just click "Unzip Now" and the Wizard will unzip your file. It will display the results in Windows Explorer, so you can start working with the new files right away.
· Simple step-by-step Wizard assistance in creating new Zip files and updating existing Zip files.
· Works hand-in-hand with Netscape Navigator/Communicator and Microsoft Internet Explorer using the Internet Browser Support Add-on, freely downloadable from the WinZip web site.
The full WinZip Classic interface is only a click away.
The best way to learn the Wizard is to use it--just click the Next button in the Wizard to proceed. Press the F1 key or click Help at any time to get help on a specific screen.
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Why do people use Zip files?
Zip files save time and space, and make downloading software and transferring e-mail attachments faster. Typical uses for Zip files include:
· Most files available on web and ftp sites, services like America Online and CompuServe, and other online services are distributed as archives. Two benefits of using archives for electronic file distribution are that only one file transfer operation ("download") is required to obtain all related files, and time necessary for the file transfer is shorter, because the files in an archive are compressed into a smaller size.
· It is often useful to send a group of related files to a friend or associate. Rather than distributing individual files, it is often easier to distribute the files as an archive to benefit from the file grouping and compression.
· Some files are important but used infrequently. To save disk space, simply compress these files into an archive when they are not used, and decompress them only when needed.
Where does WinZip® fit in?
WinZip makes it easy for Windows users to work with archives. It features an intuitive, point-and-click, drag-and-drop interface for viewing, running, extracting, adding, deleting, and testing files in archives, using a standard Windows interface. WinZip provides the same "friendly face" for many archive formats.
· The Zip and E-Mail feature compresses files and folders from My Computer or Windows Explorer into a temporary Zip file, creates an e-mail message, and attaches the Zip file to the message. You can then address the message, add any desired text, and send the e-mail as you usually would. WinZip automatically deletes the temporary Zip file when it is no longer needed.
To use the feature, simply select the desired files or folders in My Computer or Windows Explorer, click the right mouse button, and choose Zip and E-Mail from the popup menu.
· After you use the Wizard to create or update a Zip file, you will see a button labeled Mail this Zip file. Simply click this button; WinZip will create a new e-mail message and attach the Zip file to it. You can then address the message, add any desired text, and send the e-mail as you usually would.
Like the Windows “Send To Mail Recipient” feature, these WinZip e-mail features use a protocol called Simple MAPI to “talk” to your e-mail program. MAPI, which is provided by your e-mail software and not by Windows itself, allows Windows and application programs to instruct your e-mail program to create new mail messages, add attachments, etc. WinZip's e-mail features require that you have a MAPI-compliant e-mail program installed and correctly configured (just as the Windows Send to Mail Recipient feature does).
Examples of MAPI-compliant e-mail programs are Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, and AOL 7.0.
AOL versions 4.0 - 6.0 do not support Simple MAPI. Therefore, neither Windows' Send To Mail Recipient nor WinZip's e-mail features can be used with these AOL versions.
Compressing attachments from within your e-mail program
There is another technique you can use to compress attachments while composing messages in your e-mail program. This technique does not require that your e-mail program support the MAPI interface that WinZip uses for the above features; it works with most e-mail programs that use the standard Windows "Open File" dialog box to attach files. Here is the technique:
1. In your e-mail program, open the dialog box you normally use to attach files to your e-mail messages.
2. Using the standard Open File dialog box, locate the file or folder you wish to attach.
3. Position the mouse pointer over the file or folder name in the dialog box, then click the right mouse button and choose Add to filename.zip from the pop-up menu (note: the filename shown in the menu entry will be the name of the file you selected). This will create a Zip file called "filename.zip".
4. Still in the Open File dialog box, click once on filename.zip (the zip created in the previous step). This file will normally be at the end of the current directory listing.
5. Click the appropriate button to attach the Zip file (this is typically labeled Open, Attach, or Insert).
Note: this technique has been tested with current versions of the most popular e-mail programs (such as Outlook and Eudora). We can't promise that it will work with all e-mail programs or with future versions of the programs we have tested.
These writings about WinZip are taken from the WinZip program.
PRINT PART OF A WEB PAGE ONLY
Fortunately, it's easy just to print only parts of a Web page. Hold the left button of the mouse down and drag it over the portion you want printed. This selects the portion of the page that will be printed. Then from the browser menu, click File >> Print, and click on Selection. That's it! From Dorothy
Folders
If I sent you 5 hot secrets not to tell yet, where would you store them?
Now you need a folder for hot stuff. {Well yes it’s almost the same as B-S}
You can see my desktop is full of folders! And I have deleted several the last
few days. Let’s make some folders and organize them.
Don’t store stuff in your mail program; use desktop folders for easy use.
Remember how to make a folder? My Computer; Click C:/ open;
Up to File; New; Click Folder. It may go to bottom of the window.
While the word New Folder is flashing and white on each end, Type Save.
Now Right Click on the folder; Click on Make A Shortcut.
If your window is a full screen, minimize it so you can see part of your desktop. Left mouse down and Drag Shortcut to your desktop.
This will be where you can save the icons on your desktop that you have been scared to delete.
All windows closed, Grab {left mouse down} the icon you don’t like on screen and drag to the Save folder, make sure it turns blue then release the mouse.
Do all of them you don’t like! [Well just look in it and see if they are in there?]
Microsoft will not let you hide Internet Explorer and some other MS programs
So just cram them in a tight corner.
OK now you have a folder full of kid pictures with helter skelter names? WHAT?
The best way to organize is with the date you store the pictures. Birthdays too.
Maybe you get 5 of the same grand kid Joe at the same time? Now WHAT?
3-21-02 Joe01 3-21-02-Joe02 3-21-02-Joe03 3-21-02-Joe04 3-21-02-Joe05
You can do some other ways that you like. But cannot have same name twice.
Now make a folder for each of your kids to store all that family’s pictures.
You have just organized your folders in super shape to burn to a CD.
{Burn full folders to CD}
You can’t email images from a folder that is showing thumbprints?
Up to View and select Details. This shows KB size now, reduce the size of them
Mule Chokers before you send out in email.
You can store Jokes, Recipes, Lessons, and images really, anything in folders.
Separate Folders for still images .jpeg and automated .gif to find them easily.
Did you know you can delete a Shortcut folder and the original folder is still on C:/
That’s why we make a shortcut; just for “Uh-Os” that slip up on us.
This is from Arnie.