Hi everyone. I'm Andrea Eldridge from Nerds on Call and Callnerds.com for eHow.com, and today I'm going to be showing you how to compress files so you can send them via email. First, let's talk about moving a lot of files all at once. You could individually attach each and every document, but at some point you're going to hit a limit on how much you can send in one email. Instead, create a zip file. Create a new folder by right-clicking a blank on your Desktop and selecting New Folder. Drag all of the files you want to send into it, select the file again and right-click. Select Send To, then Compressed Zip Folder, attach the newly created zipped file to your email. Most email providers limit the size of files you can attach to a message. Let's say you want to send your friend a video, but you don't want to share it with the world on YouTube. Megashares.com will let you upload your large file to their server, and then provide you with a web link that you can email to your friend. You can upload files of up to 10 gigabytes, which should accommodate just about anything, provide some information about your file, set a password to limit access to only those people you choose to share your file with. If you make your link searchable public, Aunt Edna can search Google for your description and it will show up in the results. If you're just sending a file to a few people, uncheck the box and click upload, give it a few minutes or hours depending on the size of the file and your Internet connection. When it's done, you'll get a link to send to anyone you want to share the file with. Some people use these kinds of sites to distribute pirated material, so there is a limit on the amount that you can download before you'll have to pay a fee, but it will be more than sufficient to share those videos of your new Betta fish learning to do flips. For more information on how to email compressed files, check out the links on this page. I'm Andrea Eldridge from Nerds on Call and Callnerds.com for eHow.com. Thanks for watching.
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