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1. Locate the file or files that you wish to zip
2. If you will be zipping up multiple files, hold down Shift key on your keyboard while selecting the files.
   • *Note that multiple files need to be stored in the same folder
3. If you will only be zipping one file, click on the file name to select it
4. Ctrl + Click on the file(s) once selected to bring up the "right click" menu
5. Choose Create Archive of (filename or number of items selected) from the menu
6. A new .zip file will be created in the same folder the original file(s) were located in
7. Double click on the zipped file to extract the contents to the same location as the zipped file
8. If the zipped file contains multiple files, an Archive folder will be created containing the files
9. If the zipped file contains one file, the file will be extracted in the same location as the zipped file

*A zipped file can be attached to an email just like any other file