Office doesn't have any native zipping ability but Windows does. Ron de
Bruin has info on his site:

http://www.rondebruin.nl/windowsxpzip.htm

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Jim
"ken" wrote in message
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|i have windows xp. i would like to via code zip and unzip certain files. I
| would like to know 1) what zip file comes with office ( i can't seem to
find
| the exe) although i am able to manually zip files via right clicking. can
i
| set a reference to the zip api and program against it. is the only option
| buying a 3rd party? thks ken