Jul 19, 2019 To batch convert RAR to Zip, just select multiple files at the same time. Control-click the archive or selected files in it and choose Extract or Decompress. Alternatively, you can highlight files and click Extract in the toolbar. Choose a location on your Mac to save the decompressed files.
| Name | ZIP | |
| Full name | PDF - Portable Document Format | ZIP - ZIP Archive |
| File extension | .zip, .zipx | |
| MIME type | application/pdf, application/x-pdf, application/x-bzpdf, application/x-gzpdf | application/zip |
| Developed by | Adobe Systems | Phil Katz, PKWARE, Inc. |
| Type of format | Document format | Data compression |
| Description | The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format used to present documents independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a fixed-layout flat document, including the text, fonts, graphics, and other information needed to display it. | ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression. A .zip file may contain one or more files or directories that may have been compressed. The .zip file format permits many compression algorithms, though DEFLATE is the most common. |
| Technical details | The PDF combines three technologies: A subset of the PostScript page description programming language for generating the layout and graphics. A font-embedding/replacement system to allow fonts to travel with the documents. A structured storage system bundles these elements and any associated content into a single file, with data compression where appropriate. | ZIP files are archives that store multiple files.ZIP allows contained files to be compressed using many different methods and simply storing a file without compressing it. Instead, each file is stored separately, allowing different files in the same archive to be compressed using different methods. |
| File conversion | PDF conversion | ZIP conversion |
| Associated programs | Adobe Acrobat, Adobe InDesign, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Google Docs, LibreOffice, Microsoft Office, Foxit Reader, Ghostscript. | Microsoft Windows, WinZip, WinRAR, IZarc, Info-ZIP, 7-Zip, PeaZip, B1 Free Archiver, DotNetZip. |
| Wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_(file_format) |
How To Create A Zip File
- Answer (1 of 6): Easy peasy. You don’t even need any external software to do this. For both Windows and Mac users, all you have to do is: 1. Click on the PDF you wish to zip.
- ZIP files are easy to create on Windows and Mac computers. Simply highlight all the files you want to zip, right click and select “Send to” then “Compressed ZIP Folder” on Windows. You can also zip files using a zipping software application, although you don’t need any additional software to compress your files into a zipped folder.