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spaceanimals said:
> I have no idea how to zip files. I don't even know enough to ask any
> questions. Help please.
>
> Rainbow Jimmy

RJ,

Are you on a Windows machine? I don't use them myself but my understanding is
that most if not all Windows PCs come with a program called WinZip that will
enable you to create ZIP files from your patches. Creating a ZIP is very easy,
if my understanding of WinZip is correct; you simply place all the patches you
wish to share into a folder, then drag that folder into WinZip. It will be
compressed into a ZIP file that contains the same data in a much smaller file
size.

On the Mac, which is what I use, a similar program is Aladdin's Stuffit
Deluxe, which isn't free but which everyone should have a copy of (it's just
too useful to do without). Aladdin makes a big deal of their own SIT archival
method, but Stuffit Deluxe will also create ZIP files if asked, and ZIPs are a
lot more universally usable than SIT files. (I think there's a SIT extractor
for Windows, and it's free, but it's not something a PC would commonly have
around.)

mike

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