It’s an open-source file archiver that allows you to open both ZIP and RAR files. If you have come across a RAR file, you can use the popular free Windows utility called 7-Zip. Once the ZIP file is extracted, you can now access the files that were stored in the ZIP file. Click on Browse to select the location where you want the files to get extracted. Select Extract All from the pop-up menu.ģ. The extension lists an option to open the file with Google Docs when you right-click. To make it easier, you can use a nice extension for Chrome “ Open ZIP and RAR With GDocs” created by our friend Arpit Kumar. Docs also let you view ZIP and RAR archives that are embedded inside other archives.
You’ll be able to View items supported by Google Docs Viewer, Print (PDF) and Save them to Google Docs. Docs will show a preview of all files in that Zip archive.ĭownload any desired file from the archive content list by clicking ‘Actions’ and choose the Download option. To do so, visit, add the URL of Zip file to the end of docs link and then hit Enter. This comes handy when you need to download only desired individual files from a ZIP/RAR file, instead of downloading the full archive. Fortunately, Google DOCS has now added support to view contents of a ZIP/RAR file online received as attachments in Gmail.įurthermore, there is an easy way to explore the contents of any ZIP and RAR file online using Google Docs itself. Earlier, it was not possible to preview the contents of ZIP and RAR files online and you had to download the complete archive first to your computer. The Google Docs Viewer allows you to quickly view many file types online, including PDFs, Microsoft Office files, and many image file types.
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