[nabs-l] Extracting ZIP Files

[justin williams]

The commands I use to unzip zip files are applications key, z then l.  The
first time you do it, winzie makes you hit an okay button sometimes.  
Justin.

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
via nabs-l
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 1:25 PM
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Cc: Steve Jacobson
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Extracting ZIP Files

Chris,

Most of the time you can treat a zipped file in Windows as if it was a
folder.  Finding it in Windows Explorer and pressing ENTER should open it
up.  You can then deal with the files inside just as you would if they were
unzipped 
and you can copy them to another destination such as an SD card.   If the
file is password protected, you will get 
prompted for a password at some point.

Another common program for unzipping files is called 7-ZIP.  It is free and
can be downloaded from 

www.7-zip.org/

While it can use its own "7Z" compression method, it handles zipped files
just fine as well as a few other compression types.  It adds options to your
file menu and the Applications menu that gives you more options.  If you
have that program and you select a zipped file but have not opened it, one
7Zip option is to extract all of the files in a zipped file and place them
in a folder which has the same name as the zipped file.  This is handy if
you have a zip file with multiple files or if it contains a DAISY file which
has many files that need to be moved together.  You have to be a little
careful, though, as there is an option to extract all files into the current
folder, in which case they will all be mixed in with other files, or there
is the option I mentioned above which extracts them into a folder with the
same name as the zipped archive.  That folder will be inside the current
folder as well, but you can copy the folder or open it and copy the
individual files.  This is very nice for BARD Audio downloads because you
can copy the whole folder to the device being used for reading.

I hope this is helpful.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Tue, 19 May 2015 11:28:49 -0400, Chris Nusbaum via nabs-l wrote:

>Hey Fellow NABSters,

>Here I am again with another question regarding my transition from a 
>full-fledged notetaker to a stand-alone
Braille display. Since the display I chose (the Braille Edge from HIMS) has
some basic notetaking capabilities, I have opted to read BRF content such as
Bookshare books using the Notepad application.

> When downloading a Bookshare book recently, I found that I could no 
> longer extract content from a ZIP file as I
had done previously with my BrailleNote. The BrailleNote has a built-in ZIP
file extractor, which the Edge does not have. Barring this, how do those of
you who don't use a BrailleNote unzip these files on a PC? I know there is a
built-in extractor in Windows, but from the best I can tell it is pretty
complicated and I haven't been very successful with it. Is there a more
accessible way to do this? If not, how are you able to extract files in the
Windows Explorer extractor? I'm using JAWS on a PC running Windows 7. Thanks
in advance for any tips. 

>Chris Nusbaum

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