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- WinZip(R) version 8.1
- Copyright (C) 1991 - 2001 WinZip Computing, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
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- Major changes in Version 8.1
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- WinZip 8.1 continues to improve integration with Windows
- Explorer via expanded, configurable Explorer context menu
- items--and you can now select multiple Zip files for extraction
- in a single operation from the Explorer window. For those who
- have problems with limited size of e-mail attachments, or who
- want to split up large downloadable Zip files, the new split Zip
- file feature allows you to split Zip files into multiple parts
- of a size that you specify. And WinZip Quick Pick, the new
- taskbar tray icon gives you instant access to recently opened
- Zip files and other WinZip features. And Windows XP users will
- appreciate WinZip 8.1's support of new XP features.
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- Details on these and many other enhancements follow.
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- Enhanced Explorer Integration
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- - You can now select multiple Zip files in an Explorer window
- and extract from all of them in one operation.
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- - You can now choose which items WinZip should add to Explorer's
- context menu for Zip files and other archives. This feature
- can be accessed directly from the Explorer context menu if
- WinZip is configured to display its context menu items as a
- submenu; otherwise, it is available from the Explorer
- Enhancements tab of WinZip's Configuration dialog. (For a
- complete list of WinZip's context menu entries, see Explorer
- context menu enhancements.)
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- - There is a new Explorer context menu entry that allows you to
- print a list of files in a Zip file. Note that, because Print
- is part of the standard Windows interface, it appears in the
- main context menu (not in the WinZip submenu) and has no
- WinZip icon.
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- - You can now extract directly to recently used folders or to
- the open folder from the Explorer context menu. This means
- that, in combination with the existing extract options, you
- can perform most of the commonly used extract operations
- without leaving Explorer.
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- - The new Zip and E-Mail Plus context menu entry extends the Zip
- and E-Mail feature by allowing you to change the name of the
- attachment and to use password protection.
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- Split Zip Files
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- - WinZip now supports split Zip files, which are Zip files that
- have been split into multiple smaller pieces. This feature is
- very useful to overcome limits on the size of e-mail
- attachments and as an alternative to disk spanning.
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- WinZip Quick Pick Taskbar Tray Icon
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- - The new WinZip Quick Pick taskbar tray icon gives you instant
- access to WinZip and your Zip files. Just left click the icon
- to open WinZip or right click it to instantly reopen recently
- used Zip files, access your Favorite Zip Folders, open WinZip
- help, or start WinZip itself.
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- WinZip Classic Interface Enhancements
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- - The Extract dialog now has an option to open the folder where
- the files were stored when the extract operation is completed.
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- - Right clicking on a column header in the main WinZip window
- now displays a menu that allows you to change the columns that
- are displayed.
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- - Under Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, and Windows 2000,
- many dialogs that were previously fixed size can now be
- resized.
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- - If the open archive is a Zip file, the Properties dialog
- contains a new Details button that displays extensive
- information about the Zip file and the files it contains.
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- - The Open dialog contains a new Favorites button that gives you
- quick access to the files in your Favorite Zip Folders.
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- WinZip Wizard Enhancements
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- - If the open Zip file contains a setup or install program, the
- Wizard now allows you to choose whether to run the
- installation or to simply extract the files.
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- - In the panel used to select files to be added to a Zip file,
- the WinZip Wizard now displays a tooltip showing the complete
- filename when the mouse is hovered over a truncated filename.
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- - The Wizard can now extract files from split Zip files and
- multiple disk ("spanned") Zip files.
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- Windows XP features
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- - When running under Windows XP, WinZip 8.1 operates as a native
- Windows XP program. There is no need to set compatibility
- mode.
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- - WinZip includes the following support for Windows XP themes:
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- - Menus, buttons, controls, lists, and checklists conform to
- the current theme.
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- - Shaded columns and XP-style sort arrows indicate the column
- by which the file list is sorted and the sort order.
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- - Resizable dialogs use grippers matching the current theme.
-
- - Both the WinZip program itself and self-extracting Zip files
- created by WinZip Self-Extractor Personal Edition use
- "highest quality" XP-style color images and background
- blending for WinZip-related icons wherever they are
- displayed by Windows Explorer or My Computer, as well as for
- WinZip's own toolbar icons.
-
- - Self-extractors created by WinZip Self-Extractor Personal
- Edition support XP themes when displaying dialogs and
- messages.
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- - Shared computer support includes:
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- - With Fast User Switching, another user can log on and
- perform other operations (including using WinZip) while a
- long WinZip operation is being performed.
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- - WinZip's Favorite Folders feature now monitors more folders,
- including Windows XP's "Shared Documents" folder and its
- subfolders, making it easier to find Zip files created or
- stored by other users.
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- Other Changes in WinZip 8.1
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- - WinZip can now open "skin" files for Microsoft Media Player
- 7 (.WMZ), Yahoo! Player (.YFS), and WinAmp (.WSZ). Once open,
- you can use most of the operations available with any Zip
- file.
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- - WinZip can now display Zip file comments of up to 64,000
- characters if your system provides the necessary "rich edit"
- control.
-
- - Support for filenames containing multi-byte character set
- (MBCS) characters used with Asian languages such as Japanese,
- Chinese, and Korean has been improved.
-
- - The limit on the number of entries created by the CheckOut
- feature in the Programs menu has been increased from 50 to
- 500.
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- - WinZip removes from the list of recently used files any files
- that no longer exist and were opened from the temporary or
- Internet files folders. This means that, for example, Zip
- files opened from your e-mail program no longer appear in your
- recently used file list after they have been deleted by the
- e-mail program.
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- - Additional miscellaneous improvements to the WinZip program and
- help files.
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