Hello,

I have large manuscripts saved on a zip disc that I retrieved from my old computer. I can open these files in Word, but I do not know how to transfer them from the zip file into My Documents. I'm sure it must be a simple procedure, but I am at a loss. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

I would still like to keep the files in the zip as well as have them in My Documents. I know I can copy/paste, but that would be extrememly time-consuming since these files are around 100,000 words each.

Thank you for your help.

Regards,
KazAside from copy and paste, once they are opened in Word click file and "SAVE as", and pick the documents folder.Thank you very much Neil. I will give it a go.
Regards,
KazOne way to do this is simply open two Explorer windows, one for the files on the zip drive and one being My Documents. Then, just drag the files from one window to the other. Try this with one file FIRST to verify that Windows copies the file to My Documents rather than moving it. If it copies, you can select multiple files and copy them over altogether.

Another way: open an Explorer windows for the zip drive. Select all the files you WANT to copy to My Documents. Right click on one of those files, select Send To, then select My Documents.Dear Soybean,
Thank you very much for the INFORMATION. It is deeply appreciated. You and Neil have been a big help.
Regards,
KazAll these methods are really just variations to simple copy and pasting... I'd be suprised if there is a significant time difference between the methods?

Edit: did you mean copy and pasting inside Word?The OP seems to have meant copy/paste from an existing Word file to a blank Word file. Note that he said, "...that would be extrememly time-consuming since these files are around 100,000 words each." That would be the slowest, most cumbersome way of copying those files from the ZIP drive to his hard drive.

The Save As technique you mentioned would be much easier than the above copy/paste technique but would still be slow and tedious if he has a lot of files, since each file would have to opened and then saved USING Save As.

The two methods I mentioned would be easier and faster, especially since he could copy multiple files at one time. Yes, but I thought he meant copy and pasting in the usual method rather than in Microsoft Word (didn't occur to me till after), which is why I was a bit confused by his problem