WinZip 7.0 Now Shipping The Internet's Most Popular Zip Data Compression Utility is Now Better than Ever.MANSFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1998--WinZip(R) 7.0 is now shipping. Best known for providing a familiar Windows interface for Zip files, WinZip allows users to process Zip files and other popular archival/compression formats without a complex command line interface. Details on the new features are available on the web page http://www.winzip.com/whatsnew70.htm. With over 7.5 million downloads from one web site (download.com) alone, WinZip is one of the most popular software products on the Internet. -0-
Recent Industry Awards for WinZip include:
1998 Windows Magazine "Win100" Award
1998 PC Computing "World Class" Award
1998 Personal Computer World (UK) "Best Utility" Award
-0- As with all WinZip upgrades for the last seven years, all registered users of earlier English language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. versions of WinZip can download a FREE upgrade to WinZip 7.0 from the web page http://www.winzip.com/upgrade.cgi. Key product features include: --Windows 95/98/NT integration: WinZip includes tight integration with the Windows 95/98/NT Refers to all 32-bit versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000. It implies Windows ME and Windows 2000. It specifically excludes Windows 3.x. See Windows. shell. Drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. to or from Explorer, or zip and unzip To decompress a file in the .ZIP file format. See Zip file. 1. (tool, compression) unzip - To extract files from an archive created with PKWare's PKZIP archiver. 2. without leaving Explorer. --Internet support: WinZip features built-in support for popular Internet file formats such as TAR, gzip, UUEncode, XXencode, BinHex, and MIME. You can use WinZip to process almost all the compressed or encoded files you download from the Internet. In addition, the freely downloadable WinZip Internet Browser See Web browser. Support Add-On lets you download and open archives with one click using Microsoft Internet Explorer See Internet Explorer. or Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. . --Easy installation of most software distributed in Zip files: If a Zip file contains a "setup" or "install" program, WinZip's Install feature will unzip the files, run the installation program, and clean up temporary files. --The WinZip Wizard: This optional feature uses the familiar "wizard" interface to simplify the process of unzipping and installing software distributed in Zip files. --Favorite Zip Folders: WinZip lets you organize Zip files into one convenient list that is sorted by date, making it easier to locate all Zip files, regardless of where they came from or where they are stored. --Create files that unzip themselves: WinZip Self-Extractor Personal Edition is included. Self-extracting files are ideal for sending compressed files to others who may not own or know how to use file compression See data compression. (algorithm) file compression - The compression of data in a file, usually to reduce storage requirements. software. WinZip 7.0 requires Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT. An individual license for WinZip costs $29 (postage and handling included). Quantity discounts and site licensing are available. Immediate online delivery is available from the WinZip web site (http://www.winzip.com). To place a credit card order, visit the WinZip web site or call the Public Software Library at 1-877-724-4600 (toll free in the US) or 1-713-610-1432. |
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