Introduction & Opening | Creating a RAR Archive
Un-RAR-ing / Un-ZIP-ing | Advanced Options

Creating a RAR-ed Archive:
Let’s assume that you have a few text files that you would like to e-mail to someone, but you do not want to send them all as separate files or attachments. By compressing them all into a single RAR archive, you can e-mail one single file that the receiver can then “un-zip” or “un-rar” back into all of the original files you compressed.

Locate the files you wish to compress, and select them all (click and drag, or hold “Ctrl” on the keyboard as you click them individually).

Now, right-click the files and select “Add to archive…”

A new window will appear asking you to give a name to the archive; you can give the file any name you wish in the “Archive name” text area. The newly created file will default to the same directory as the files you are compressing; if you wish to save it elsewhere, click the “Browse” button and select the directory to save to. Once you are ready, click “OK.”

Clicking “OK” will tell WinRAR to go ahead and proceed with the compression. It will (very quickly!) flash a new window showing the progress of the compression. Depending on the number and sizes of your files, the time it will take to compress may vary.

When WinRAR has completed the compression, the new file will appear in the directory you specified.

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