7-Zip

Want to send big file via email but can't due to file size. Meet 7-Zip file, a archiver with a high compression ratio.

Step 1 - Download

• Go to https://www.7-zip.org/

• Select the file for your computer system (newer PC are 64-bit and older are 31-bit)

Step 2 - Install

• Double click the file you download

Step 3 - Compress files

• Select the file(s) and right click

• You either select Add to Dowload(foldername).zip or Add to archive for more options

• Make sure you select Zip for Archive format so that receiver can extract even he/she do not have 7-Zip install. You can change Compression level and finally if you wish to protect the file, you can set password so that no-one can open except the person who knows the password.

Step 4 - Extract file

• Right the file and extract the file as shown below.