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How to Create a .zip File on Windows & Mac

The document provides instructions for creating a .zip file on Windows and Apple operating systems to submit multiple files. For Windows, it instructs to select the files to include, right click the selection and send to a compressed zipped folder, which can then be renamed and uploaded. For Apple, it similarly instructs to select the files, right click and compress the selection into an archive.zip file that can be renamed and uploaded.

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How to Create a .zip File on Windows & Mac

The document provides instructions for creating a .zip file on Windows and Apple operating systems to submit multiple files. For Windows, it instructs to select the files to include, right click the selection and send to a compressed zipped folder, which can then be renamed and uploaded. For Apple, it similarly instructs to select the files, right click and compress the selection into an archive.zip file that can be renamed and uploaded.

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Creating

.zip File
Instructions for Windows : Slides 2 – 5
Instructions for Apple : Slides 6 – 8
Instructions for Windows
As taught in recitation, your files will be stored in a folder on your
computer as shown below.
Note how my folder
“Examples” contains the
following files:
alf.jpg, example.html, scripts.js
style.css
This is just an example. Your
folder should contain your html
and your image file.

CS170 - Computer Applications for Business 2


1) Highlight (select) all the files you want to include in your submission.
This can be easily accomplish by “click and dragging your mouse”, or
single left-clicking on each file while holding the CTRL key on your
keyboard

CS170 - Computer Applications for Business 3


2) Right -click on the group you just selected, then hovering over Send to > and
finally click on Compressed (zipped) folder.

• This will result in a new single “.z​ip”​file, which contains all the files you want to
submit.
CS170 - Computer Applications for Business 4
3) The file you just created can be renamed, by simply right clicking on
it, and selecting Rename​. This file should then be uploaded to Sakai.

CS170 - Computer Applications for Business 5


Instructions for Apple
As taught in recitation, your files will be stored in a folder on your
computer as shown below.
Note how my folder
“Downloads” contains the
following files:
alf.jpg, example.html,
scripts.js, style.css
This is just an example. Your
folder should contain your
html and your image file.

CS170 - Computer Applications for Business 6


1) Select all the files you would like to include in your z​ip​archive.
This can be easily achieved by click-and-drag to highlight all the files, or
simply single left-click on each file while holding the CMD (command) key
down.
2) Right click on any of the selected files, then click on “​Compress k
Items” (​k will be replaced by the number of files you selected)

CS170 - Computer Applications for Business 7


3) A default Archive.zip file will be created.
The file you just created can be renamed, by simply right clicking on it,
and selecting Rename​. This file should then be uploaded to Sakai.

CS170 - Computer Applications for Business 8

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