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Explanation:
I zip some of the Word files on this site. A zipped file is a file
that has been compressed and most often has a file extension of
".ZIP". I zip the files on our system for two reasons.
First, there are some documents that are huge. By zipping the file, it
collapses the file to 1/3 of its former size, significantly reducing
the amount of time that it takes to download the document. Second, I
need to conserve space on the server.
If you do not have a program
to expand zipped files, here are links to five sites that provide
freeware or shareware to unzip files.
 WinZip -
 PkZip
-  eZip
 Zip-It
For Mac
- MacZip
For Mac
How
To: Simply click on the file you want, then choose, save or
save to disk. Save it to a folder on your hard drive.
Next, if you have a program like winzip installed, go to that file in
your file manager and double click on it. Your unzipping program
should then go to work.
For more
in-depth instructions, go to About.com's
article about unzipping in their "Internet for
Beginners" series. Click
here to go to that article!
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