for Collections purchased from Original Country Clipart by Lisa

 

This page has a lot to read which makes this task seem really hard but it's not...it's quick and very easy.  It's as easy as a click of a couple of buttons and unzipping only takes a minute once you know which settings to use and how to do it correctly.  If you've ordered a download version of any of my graphic collections,  here are some tips to make things a little easier for you.  Once your order is processed you will be given a link to download the graphics from.  The file(s) you will be downloading are called ".zip" files.

 

Zip files are compressed files.  This means that I can take hundreds of graphic files and "zip them up" all into 1 file for you to download. Some of my collections contain hundreds, even thousands or tens of thousands of images!  If I didn't zip up all these files, you would have to save each graphic by right-clicking on each individual graphic and choosing save as, which would take absolutely forever!  You will need to "unzip" these zip files with a special unzipping program.

 

The unzipping program that  I recommend is Winzip and you can download it free from www.winzip.com  Just choose the demo or trial version until if and when you choose to purchase it.  The demo version works the same as if you had purchased it, only it expires after a set amount of days. Download and Install WinZip and when it runs for the first time, if you have the option to start this program in "Classic" View, go ahead and do that. I personally think this is the easiest mode to work in.  Now close out WinZip.

 

Once you've download and installed Winzip, now you should make a new folder on your computer ahead of time and name it "LisasCountryGraphics" or "LisasWhateverCollection (The name of the collection you purchased) so that you have a place to unzip all the files to and can remember where on your computer that you unzipped them to.  I either make the new folder right on my desktop by right-clicking and choosing "New" then "Folder" and then typing in a name to give the folder, or on my C drive by clicking on "My Computer" then double-clicking the "C Drive" and then "right-clicking" and choosing "New" then "Folder" and then typing in a name for the new folder.

 

After you've made your new folder, go ahead and start downloading the zip files of my graphics that you purchased into that folder. When the "FileDownload" box pops up you will want to click on the "Save" button, not on Open. Click the Save button and another box will open up and here is where you will locate that new folder you made...once you've located it, double click on it so that you're inside of it (You'll see NO files because you're in an empty folder right now) and then click the "Save" button again. Now the zip file will begin downloading into your new folder. When the download is complete, click "Close" to close out that box.

 

Now using "My Computer", locate that new folder you made, double click on it to open it up and you should see the zip file you just downloaded in that folder.  Double-click on the zip file and Winzip will open up.  In WinZip you should now see a box with all of the file names of each graphic listed in it.  Make sure that you have "All Files" selected. Click on the "Extract" button. This will open up another box where you will see a "Folders/Drives" window and you'll click until you get to that new folder you first made. Don't click anything yet. You want to make sure first that you have "Use Folder Names" or "Save Folder Information" selected so that all my graphics stay inside their named folders. This way you'll be able to find the type of graphic you are looking for easily. Now, with the folder you made selected and highlighted, now click the "Extract" button. The graphics will now begin extracting right into your new folder. When the extraction is complete, close out Winzip.

 

To access the unzipped artwork files, open My Computer again, click until you locate that new folder you made, open up that folder and now you should see all of the files in the collection. You will be able to double-click on the .gif web graphic files to see a preview of them or to open them up in your computer's default program for opening .gif files.  If you have Windows XP you should be able to double-click on the wmf files too, and they'll open using Windows Picture Viewer so that you can preview them.  You might not be able to double-click on the  .wmf printable/resizable clipart and preview them if your computer isn't set up to automatically know what program to open them with.  This is nothing to worry about. To view and use the .wmf clipart, just start your desktop publishing program (MS Publisher or Word, Print Artist, Print Master, Print Shop, etc..) and "Insert" the Clipart From File to open it up into your publishing program. Print Publishing Programs are the type of program you'll want to preview and actually use and print all the .wmf printable clipart in so they retain all of their great wmf qualities such as having no background and being able to be resized as small or large as you want and still print perfectly clear.

 

If you still have questions after you've followed these tips, please feel free to Email Lisa.