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- WinZip(R) version 5.5a
- Copyright (C) 1991-1994 Nico Mak Computing, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
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- *** FOR INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS SEE THE FILE "README.TXT" ***
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- *** New users: please click the "Brief Tutorial" entry in ***
- ** WinZip's "Help" pull-down menu. ***
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- *** Press the F1 key at any time while running WinZip for ***
- *** help or to access the complete online documentation. ***
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- Have you ever used a BBS or CompuServe? If so, you've probably
- encountered ZIP files. Are you a Windows user? If so, WinZip is
- THE way to handle these archived files.
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- WinZip brings the convenience of Windows to the use of ZIP files
- without requiring PKZIP and PKUNZIP. It features an intuitive
- point-and-click drag-and-drop interface for viewing, running,
- extracting, adding, deleting, and testing files in archives. ARJ,
- LZH, and ARC files are supported via external programs. WinZip
- interfaces to most virus scanners.
-
- Here's what the magazine reviews say about WinZip:
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- "A must for anyone that downloads", Windows Magazine Special
- Edition, Winter 1995
- "Anyone using .ZIPped files today cannot go wrong with this
- program", Windows Sources 7/94
- "Must Buy" rating, PC Laptop, 7/94
- "Slick and Intuitive", Computer Shopper, 5/94
- "Easy to use", InfoWorld, 4/18/94
- "It's this simple: Those who use PKZIP and Windows should get
- a copy of WinZip 5.0", PC Computing, 12/93
- One of the "Top 10" Windows Utilities, CompuServe Magazine, 10/93
- One of the "20 Must-Have Windows Utilities", Windows User, 6/93
- "Archive Manager Extraordinaire", Windows Sources, 5/93
- "WinZip 4.0 improves on an already impressive product, making
- archiving a simple task for Windows users", Windows User 5/93
- 1993 WIN100 Award Winner, Windows Magazine, 2/93
- "Repeatedly charms you when you have to ZIP and unZIP ...
- an excellent Shareware utility" Windows Magazine, 12/92
- "Our copy gets quite a daily workout" Windows User 11/92
- "The most comprehensive Windows front-end to PKZIP"
- Ziffnet Threads, 11/92
- "Does all your compression chores with ease" Computer Shopper, 10/92
- "Must-Have Shareware Treasure" Compute, 10/92
- "The perfect Windows interface for LHA, PKZIP, ARC, and your
- favorite DOS virus scanner" PC World, 10/92
- "Greatly facilitates archive Management" Windows Magazine, 9/92
- "Powerful yet Intuitive" PC World, 8/92
- "Hot Product" Inside Microsoft Windows, 8/92
- "WinApp of the Month" PC Computing, 3/92
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- WinZip is extremely easy to use! To open an archive simply double
- click on an archive listed in the File Manager, drag and drop an
- archive onto WinZip, or use the standard Open dialog. The main
- WinZip window features a list box with the names, sizes, and
- date/time stamps of all files in the open archive. This list can
- be scrolled and sorted on any field. A tool bar provides fast
- access to commonly used actions. All options (including window
- size and position) can be saved and restored. Extensive context
- sensitive help is always available.
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- Double clicking on a file in the main window has the same effect
- as double clicking in the File Manager. First the file is
- extracted from the archive. If the file is executable, it is run.
- Otherwise, the file is opened by the appropriate application (for
- example, Windows Write for *.WRI files) based on standard Windows
- associations.
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- The Windows 3.1 Drag and Drop Interface is fully supported. You
- can drag and drop files from WinZip to other applications. WinZip
- will extract the files before dropping them on the target
- application. The target application will treat the files as if
- they had been dropped by the File Manager. You can also drop
- archives on WinZip to open them, or drop files on WinZip to add
- them to the open archive.
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- WinZip's unique "Install/Uninstall Feature" makes it easy to
- install and uninstall software distributed in archives. This
- feature can save megabytes of disk space by tracking and removing
- all traces of an application. WinZip will run the installation
- program in an archive, give you a chance to try the program, and
- optionally offer to restore your system to its original state.
- The uninstall step can selectively remove directories, files,
- icons, or program groups created by an install program, and can
- restore any altered INI files. You have complete control over the
- uninstall process, and no changes are made without approval.
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- If an archive doesn't have an "install" or "setup" program you can
- use the CheckOut facility to easily try the files in the archive.
- The CheckOut facility will extract all files and create a program
- group with icons for all or some files. Just double click on an
- icon in the CheckOut group to view the corresponding file with the
- appropriate application. WinZip will optionally delete the
- CheckOut files and program group.
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- WinZip requires Windows 3.1 or later. While no other programs are
- required for basic operations involving ZIP files, optional
- features require one or more external programs, including PKZIP
- and PKUNZIP product from PKWARE, Inc, LHA.EXE from Haruyasu
- Yoshizaki, or the Shareware ARJ product from Robert Jung. WinZip
- interfaces to several programs to access ARC files and optionally
- runs most virus scanning utilities. See the online help for
- details.
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- WinZip is distributed as Shareware. This means that users are
- encouraged, subject to restrictions described in the License
- Agreement, to share copies of this program with friends,
- associates and bulletin boards. Please remember that if you use
- this software you are required to pay the registration fee of $29
- as described in the License Agreement (LICENSE.TXT).
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- This program is produced by a member of the Association of
- Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the
- shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
- shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the
- member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can
- help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does
- not provide technical support for members' products. Please write
- to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or
- send a CompuServe message to the ASP Ombudsman at 70007,3536.
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