Other shareware and freeware programs to uncompress zip files are also available. You can search for DOS and Windows zip programs that are available on Oakland's Virtual Software Library. Compress - This is a standard format available for UNIX platforms. Stuffit - This is a common format for compressing files on the Macintosh. Stuffit Expander is a freeware utility for expanding Stuffit files.
Compression is used to reduce the download time.
You can reduce the time it takes to download a report by choosing one of the compressed formats. When you click on a link to a file format that the browser cannot display, most modern web browsers will ask what you want to do with it. From this dialog box you can request that the file be saved to disk. Each Web browser also has a mechanism for directly saving a link to a file rather than trying to display it. To download a report, hold down the Shift key and click on the hyperlink with the name of the report you want to retrieve.