Tutorial: How to unzip digital files

OK, so you are back from Two Peas or Shabby Princess and have saved a few freebie kits to try out. Now what? You have made yourself a nice little folder somewhere on your computer and saved them there, so now comes the unzipping so you can see what goodies are in there and so you can use them!

1. Go to wherever you saved your kits and double click on one. This is what you will see. The file is compressed or 'zipped' to save space and we have to open it to be able to use it. Double click on the file and head to step 2.


2. Another window will open for the program your computer uses to unzip files (we use WinRAR). There will be one or more folders. Sometimes designers include the entire kit in one folder (such as this one) and some choose to have different files for papers, embellishments, alphas, etc.). If there's more than one folder, you have to do the following steps with each folder.


3. When you double click on the folder, you will be able to see what files it contains. You need to still have the window open where you originally saved the file because you are going to highlight all the files and drag them to the original window.


4. You will see the transfer of files from the zip program to the original window.


5. Once the transfer is complete, you can go to the original window and see your newly unzipped kit. I like to click on 'thumbnails' so I can see the actual elements.


6. Congratulations! You have successfully unzipped your kit and it is ready to use!