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 ====== How to compress your files ====== ====== How to compress your files ======
  
-''​Tutorial under development''​+If you are looking for a program to easily create new archives, DropIt can be the solution.
  
-''>> ​describe ​the "Archiver" special ​profile and more examples''​+You only need to configure it the first time and then you will be able to compress files and folders with a simple drag-and-drop. 
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 +\\ 
 +---- 
 + 
 +===== Use DropIt as Archiver ===== 
 + 
 +The easiest way to use DropIt to compress files and folders is to create the ''​Archiver''​ special profile: 
 +  - open the ''​Customize Profiles''​ window (from ''​Profiles''​ >> ​''​Customize''​) 
 +  - right-click ​the list of profiles and select ''​Examples''​ >> ''​Archiver''​ 
 +  - close the ''​Customize Profiles''​ and switch to the new profile ​(selecting it from ''​Profiles''​) 
 +  - drag-and-drop files/​folders on the floating icon to compress them (as ZIP archives) 
 + 
 +\\ 
 +---- 
 + 
 +===== Customize Compression ===== 
 + 
 +Now, if you want, you can customize compression creating and editing associations. For additional information you could read:\\ 
 +[[howto:​manage_your_associations|How to manage your associations]] 
 + 
 +Some tips and tricks: 
 +  * if you want to create an archive for each loaded file/​folder,​ a possible solution is to define a destination like ''​C:​\Example\%FileName%.zip'',​ to automatically use the original filename for the archives; 
 + 
 +  * if you want to create the archive in the same directory of the compressed files/​folders,​ you can simply define a "​Destination"​ like ''​%FileName%.zip''​ (a relative path); 
 + 
 +  * if you want to remove the source file/folder after compression,​ you can easily enable this option from "​Configure"​ window of each association;​ 
 + 
 +  * from the same window you can also define the compression settings (format, level, method, encryption);​ 
 + 
 +  * if you try compress files/​folders in a already existent archive, one of the supported solutions is to "​Merge"​ them to the archive; 
 + 
 +  * if you want, you can also create archives defining different extensions (like XPI or JA) in destination,​ but using the supported algorithms (ZIP and 7Z) for compression.
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