Drag/drop to open zipped Excel file
A few times a week I get many large zip folders containing .TXT files
(through an FTP server), which I must unzip in order to open in Excel. Because of the largeness of the folders, I must often delete the unzipped version after viewing, necessitating re-unzipping the next time. Rather than go through this cumbersome (and slow) procedure, is there any way I open the files by draging them from the zip folder directly into Excel? |
Drag/drop to open zipped Excel file
Here is the result of an experiment I did:
1) Put a TXT and a XLS file in to a ZIP file 2) Opened the Zip file with WINZIP 3) I already had Excel open, so I can see the Excel window with the WinZip window on top of it. 4) I dragged the TXT file onto the Excel workspace; and that file opened 5) I repeated this with the XLS file Does this answer you question? But: Why not unzip the entire file and then delete the Zip file after each download? best wishes -- Bernard V Liengme www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme remove caps from email "hmm" wrote in message ... A few times a week I get many large zip folders containing .TXT files (through an FTP server), which I must unzip in order to open in Excel. Because of the largeness of the folders, I must often delete the unzipped version after viewing, necessitating re-unzipping the next time. Rather than go through this cumbersome (and slow) procedure, is there any way I open the files by draging them from the zip folder directly into Excel? |
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