[nabs-l] Extracting ZIP Files

[Katie Wang]

Hi Chris,

Like others have said, 7zip is a very handy tool, but for Bookshare
files you can just press Enter on the zip download. Windows Explorer
will open it like a regular folder, which should contain the .brf file
for the actual book. Hope this helps!

Katie

On 5/19/15, justin williams via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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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