The list presented in this article will give you an idea of some additional WinZip features. Please make use of the Search feature in this knowledge base or browse the categories to find even more information. You are also welcome to click Ask a Question to send an email message to Technical Support.
- Quicker processing speeds through use of OpenCL (when available)
- Integrated usage of cloud services (Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, Box, CloudMe) for zipping, unzipping, and sharing
- Convert document files to PDF while they are zipped
- Increased social media sharing with ZipShare, now posting shared files to LinkedIn and Twitter (as well as Facebook)
- Ultra-fast zip engine that taps into your computer's full processing power
- Streamlined interface with a more attractive, intuitive look and feel
- Multiple unzip using the context menu (right click) can now include 7Z, CAB, ISO, IMG, LHA, LZH and RAR archive types
- Use ZipSend to send files to others that are too large to attach to an email message
- Create your own filters or use built in ones for greater control over which files you will be zipping.
- WinZip is configured by default to use NTFS time stamps (vs. DOS time). This allows for greater time stamp granularity/accuracy, and the use of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) helps when sharing Zip files outside of your local time zone. This is particularly useful with Zip data backups.
- Even if you do not have an email application, WinZip's built-in email feature allows you to use Zip and E-Mail and other similar features.
- In order to improve network security, your administrator may have a policy to block .zip extensions. When working with a reliable source, you can exchange Zip files after agreeing on a fictitious alternate extension (e.g., ".abc"). Then you can configure WinZip to use this as an alternate Zip file extension. This will increase the likelihood that you will be able to send and receive Zip files, and WinZip will open them just as it opens any .zip file.
- If you need to email an existing Zip file, WinZip makes it easier with My Zip available in the Share tab.
- With WinZip Pro, you can extend the benefit of Send features with the ability to send to a remote FTP server and/or burn directly to CD/DVD.
- WinZip can display Zip file comments of up to 64,000 characters.
- Support for Unicode filenames ensures that international characters are accurately displayed for filenames in a Zip file when the Zip file is shared between two computers having different code pages (the default set of text characters available for display). For Unicode support, the Zip file must be created and opened with a Zip file utility that supports the Unicode extensions to the Zip file format.
