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- WinZip(R) version 8.0 PRE-RELEASE BETA TEST VERSION
- Copyright (C) 1991-1999 Nico Mak Computing, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
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- #### PRE-RELEASE BETA TEST VERSION ####
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- For a list of changes in this beta, see WHATSNEW.TXT.
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- *** FOR INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS SEE THE FILE "README.TXT" ***
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- *** New users: please click the "Brief Tutorial" entry in ***
- *** WinZip's "Help" pull-down menu. ***
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- *** Press the F1 key at any time while running WinZip for ***
- *** help or to access the complete online documentation. ***
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- Have you ever used the Internet, CompuServe, or AOL? If so,
- you've probably encountered Zip files. Are you a Windows user?
- If so, WinZip is THE way to handle these archived files.
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- WinZip brings the convenience of Windows to the use of Zip files
- and other compression formats. WinZip features include:
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- Seamless Windows integration: WinZip includes long filename
- support and tight integration with Windows Explorer. Drag and
- drop to or from Explorer, or zip and unzip without leaving
- Explorer.
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- Internet support: WinZip features built-in support for popular
- Internet file formats: TAR, gzip, Unix compress, UUEncode,
- XXencode, BinHex, and MIME. ARJ, LZH, and ARC files are
- supported via external programs. You can use WinZip to access
- almost all the files you download from the Internet. In
- addition, the freely downloadable WinZip Internet Browser Support
- Add-On lets you download and open archives with one click using
- Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. WinZip
- interfaces to most virus scanners.
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- The WinZip Wizard: this optional feature uses the standard and
- familiar "wizard" interface to simplify the process of unzipping
- and installing software distributed in Zip files, creating new
- Zip files, and updating existing Zip files. The WinZip Wizard is
- not targeted at experienced users, but is ideal for the rapidly
- growing number of PC users getting started with Zip files. When
- these users gain confidence or want to use more advanced zipping
- features, the full WinZip Classic interface is just a click away.
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- Create files that unzip themselves: WinZip Self-Extractor
- Personal Edition is included with WinZip. Self-extracting files
- are ideal for sending compressed files to others who may not own
- or know how to use file compression software.
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- Recent awards include:
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- * 1999 PC Magazine "Editor's Choice" award
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- * 1999 PC Computing Magazine "A-List Editor's Top Pick" award
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- * 1998 Windows Magazine "Win100" award
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- * 1998 PC World Magazine "World Class" award
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- * 1998 Personal Computer World (UK) "Best Utility" award
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- Recent magazine quotes include:
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- * "Fast, easy and powerful" PC Computing, 8/99
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- * "The definitive utility for compressing and decompressing
- files", PC Computing, 5/99
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- * "WinZip 7.0, the best Windows file-compression utility we've
- seen" PC Computing, 4/99
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- * "Among the many points in WinZip's favor are reliability,
- clarity, ingenuity, and a vast range of intelligently designed
- features", PC Magazine, 3/9/99
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- * "Top Utility ... if you download software, you need this
- program", PC Computing, 2/99
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- WinZip is extremely easy to use! To open an archive simply
- double click on an archive listed in Explorer, drag and drop an
- archive onto WinZip, or use a standard Open dialog. The main
- WinZip window features a list box with the names, sizes, and
- date/time stamps of all files in the open archive. This list can
- be scrolled and sorted on any field. A tool bar provides fast
- access to commonly used actions. All options (including window
- size and position) can be saved and restored. Extensive context
- sensitive help is always available.
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- Double clicking on a file in the main window has the same effect
- as double clicking in Explorer. First the file is extracted from
- the archive. If the file is executable, it is run. Otherwise,
- the file is opened by the appropriate application (for example,
- Windows Write for *.WRI files) based on standard Windows
- associations.
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- If an archive has an Install or Setup program, WinZip helps you
- with software installation by extracting all necessary files and
- then running the Setup program. Even if the archive doesn't have
- an Install or Setup, you can use the CheckOut facility to easily
- try the files in the archive. The CheckOut facility extracts all
- files and creates a desktop window with icons for the extracted
- files. Just double click on an icon in the CheckOut window group
- to view the corresponding file with the appropriate application.
- Later, WinZip will optionally delete the CheckOut files and
- desktop window.
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- WinZip requires Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0. While
- no other programs are required for basic operations involving ZIP,
- TAR, GZ, Z files, UUencoded, XXencoded, BinHex, or MIME files,
- some optional features require external programs. See the online
- help for details.
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