Opening a File Inside a Zip File
It is not necessary to unzip a file before you can open it. WinZip® provides the
ability to open the file directly from an open Zip file within WinZip. There are three ways
you can accomplish this.
- Double Click: in the open Zip file, locate the file you want to open.
Double click on the file. The file will open up in the associated program as if you had
double clicked on the file in Finder.
- Open: in the open Zip file, locate the file you want to open. Select
Open <filename> from the File
menu. The file will open up in the associated program as if you had selected open for the file
in Finder.
- Open With: in the open Zip file, locate the file you want to open.
From the File menu, select Open With and then
an alternate program from the list of possible programs. The file will be opened by the
selected program.
The open file is a temporary copy and will be deleted by WinZip
when you close the Zip file. If you've made changes to the open file
and wish to save the changes, you will need to save the changed file
before you close the Zip file.
Note: these methods to open a file will also work in the Files pane. Any changes to a file
will be to the original file, not a temporary file.