Yes. Compressing is the same. But I don't have that option in my version of Win Zip. I think Windows itself has that option, so that may have been what you used. In any case, the same applies about looking for the zipped folder. Thanks for the description of Drop Box. It certainly made sense. Let us know if you have any more questions.
Take care, Eleni On 9/2/10, Trish <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi ya, > > um, I first looked in the applications key and didn't find it, it's always > there when I need to unzip though.. > > Well I compressed it, is that the same thang? > > Drop box is just a method of sharing something with someone else who has the > same program like you would send them a send space link of something you > uploaded. This can be more private or personal like if you wanted to send > someone something just to them y'all would share a folder with each other's > name in your drop box, so when one of you uploads something, it will go to > that person's folder from the other person. I hope that made sense it does > to me,lol > > Trish > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eleni Vamvakari" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 11:17 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Zipping > > >>I don't know anything about Drop Box but I can help you with Zipping. >> if you're using Windows, I'd suggest getting Win Zip, which is free. >> Once you've installed it, Go to the folder that you want to zip but >> don't open it, just leave it highlighted. Then, hit applications (or >> shift f10 if you don't have an aps key) and down arrow until you hear >> "Win Zip sub menu). Hit enter on that and then you'll hear "add to >> foldername.zip" where foldername will be substituted with the real >> name of the folder to be zipped. Hit enter and it will automatically >> zip it for you. Then, look where you have the folder stored. For >> example, if it's in My Documents, you should see a folder with the >> same name only it will say .zip if you have your computer set up to >> display file extentions. If not, then try opening it. If Win Zip >> comes up, then close the program and you know that you've found the >> newly zipped folder. If not, type the first letter of the name of the >> folder again and the second one should be the zipped one. You could >> also simply run a search for it by going to search from the start menu >> and then typing in it's name, being sure to add .zip at the end. >> Don't worry about the path, since the name will do fine. In your >> results, you should see it and you can copy it etc. >> >> It's way! easier with DOS and PKZip but since I'm sure that your using >> a Windows machine and that files aren't in the root directory of C, >> finding the shortened name of the subdirectory that Windows uses can >> be a headache. But for anyone else who may want it, here's the >> command. Trish, feel free to ignore this, as your directions are the >> first ones. >> >> "Pkzip c:\foldername c:" or the final C can be replaced with A, B or >> any other drive name depending on the destination of the file. >> >> Good luck, >> Eleni >> >> On 9/1/10, Trish <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Anybody still awake to answer this?? >>> >>> How do I zip a bunch of stuff in a folder to send or do I need to do it >>> this >>> way for drop box? >>> >>> Thanks ya, >>> >>> Trish >>> >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
