WinZip is a type of compression software that compacts large files into much smaller ones. If you want to conserve space on your hard drive or need to save a large file to floppy disk you should use WinZip.

To "zip" a file:

• Launch "WinZip" by clicking on the Windows Explorer Start menu and selecting WinZip.
   

• When the licensing agreement Window appears, click the "I Agree" button.
   

• if WinZip opens in the Wizard mode, select the WinZip Classic option in the bottom left-hand corner of the Window. Click the "New" button in the WinZip workspace.
   

• Go to the drop-down menu at the top of the Window. Click on the down arrow. Select the folder in which you wish to save the *.zip file. If you are working in the Tidewater computer lab, click on desktop, select the "Student" folder. In the "File Name" box, type the name of the *.zip file. (Note: all files that are zipped will have the naming convention: filename.zip. Use the same file name before the extension (ie: filename.wpd, filename.dbf, etc). Do not type the ".zip" extension, as WinZip will do that for you. After you type in the file name, click "OK."
   

• In the new Window, click on the "Add" button.
   

• A new dialog box will open. This is where you select the file that you want to zip. It is just like any other "Open" menu that you would find in Word, etc.
   

• Double click on the file that you want to zip. The program will zip the file and save it in the directory that you selected. It will have an icon that looks like this: