3 Easy Steps to Zip an Excel File

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Is your Excel file too big? If you need to send a large Excel file to another person, you can easily compress the file into a ZIP file. The recipient can later unzip the file without sacrificing the quality. This wikiHow will show you how to compress and zip an Excel file to send via email, USB, or more.

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    Open the file location of the Excel file.
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    Right click on the Excel file you wanted to zip. A pop-up menu will appear.
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    Select Send to , and then Compressed (zipped) folder .
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    Change the name of the .zip file (optional) and press ↵ Enter to finish.
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