Extract the contents of the zip to a folder?

[Guest]

What does it mean to extract the contents of the zip to a folder? I am
looking at storyboarding a powerpoint with several complex animations.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

What does it mean to extract the contents of the zip to a folder?

In this context, a ZIP is a type of file that contains compressed versions of
one or more other files. Kind of a portable filing cabinet.

Extracting the contents to a folder just means pulling the files out of the zip
file and storing them in a folder on your PC.

If you have Windows XP, just doubleclick the ZIP file; it'll open up as though
it were a normal folder. Select the files in it, drag them to any convenient
other folder, then close the ZIP.

I am
looking at storyboarding a powerpoint with several complex animations.

I'm not sure how this connects to the zip question. Care to explain further?
Thanks.