Great tip, Mary... I wasn't aware of this feature at all! On Dec 11, 2004, at 11:53 PM, Mary wrote: > At 9:59 PM -0800 12/10/04, Kathryn-Jane Hazel wrote: > >> Dear Muglo-ites: >> >> I want to compress some files but apparently I don't have the program >> for it, > > There is a compression utility built-in in Panther. > > "Zip Compression in the Finder -- A quiet addition to Panther is the > capability to create .zip archives in the Finder. The Windows world > has pretty much standardized on the .zip format, so this becomes an > easy way to transfer files across platforms. [..] Select one or more > files in the Finder and choose "Create Archive of [filename]" from > the File menu or from the contextual menu That is especially cool: > (Control-click to bring > this up)." > Thanks, Biti _________________________________________________ For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on http://muglo.on.ca/Pages/joinus.html Our Archives can be viewed at //www.freelists.org/archives/muglo Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/