Extracting Documents from Archives
Archives contain one or more items that are compressed to reserve space. When you activate the archived document from your Desktop, Windows Explorer is launched and the list of items in the archive is displayed within the list view
Use UP AND DOWN ARROW to explore the list of documents. after reviewing the documents, you're ready to open the archive and extract it's contents.
Use the File Menu of Windows Explorer to execute the extract command.
- Open the File Menu (ALT-F)
- Within the File Menu, activate the "Extract All" option
A dialog opens from which you can select a location in which the extracted items are placed. The options in the dialog include:
- A command line
- A Browse Button
- A checkbox
- Extract Button
- Cancel Button
if you're familiar with paths, you can input a path in which you'd like Windows Explorer to place the extracted items. If you're not familiar with paths, you may want to go with the Browse button.
The Browse button opens a dialog that contains a tree view. You can select an existing folder or create a new folder on your computer into which the extracted items are placed.
Once again, this is a dialog, use TAB and SHIFT-TAB to navigate among the options. Listen carefully to your screen reader to hear each control identified.
to navigate the tree view within the dialog
- Press UP AND DOWN ARROW to navigate among the drives and folders
- To expand a location, press RIGHT ARROW
- To close a location, press LEFT ARROW
For example, to locate your documents folder:
- Locate your user name within the tree view
- Press RIGHT ARROW to expand the folder contents
- Use the DOWN ARROW to locate documents
If you activate the "Extract" button, the items within the archive are extracted and placed in the documents folder. You can, however, opt to create a new folder within documents into which the archive will be extracted.
To create a new folder:
- After focusing on the Documents folder, Navigate to "Make New Folder" and activate the button with SPACEBAR
- A new folder is created within the documents folder and the name is placed in edit mode.
- Type the new name for your folder and press ENTER
Once you've selected the folder or created a new folder into which you'd like the extracted items placed, navigate to and activate the "OK" button. You've now selected the location for the extracted documents and are returned to the original dialog.
Navigate to and activate the "Extract" button to extract the contents of the archived document. The items are unzipped and placed within the folder you selected.
Windows Explorer refreshes its view to display the folder into which you unzipped the items. You can now access the contents of the zipped document.