My client portal only takes zip files and I have a 40-page PDF contract due Friday, but I can’t install anything on this work laptop. How do I actually convert the PDF into a zip?
I know that portal restriction is annoying, but there isn’t really a conversion step. Honestly, a zip is just a compressed folder that can hold your PDF. On Windows, open File Explorer, right-click the PDF, choose Send to, then Compressed (zipped) folder. On a Mac, right-click the file in Finder and choose Compress. That gives you a .zip with your contract inside, with nothing to install.
You don’t really convert it, you just compress it. Zip is built into Windows, so no install needed.
- Find the PDF in File Explorer.
- Right-click it, pick Send to, then Compressed (zipped) folder.
- Upload the new .zip file to the portal.
On a Mac it’s right-click, Compress. Heads up, zipping won’t shrink a PDF much.
You don’t really convert it, just put the PDF into a zip: right-click the file, choose “Send to” then “Compressed (zipped) folder”, and upload the new .zip file. Avoid renaming the PDF to .zip, as that won’t work; if right-click is blocked, use your phone’s Files app to compress it instead.