How to compress large files?

[Aniej]

I need to compress several pdf, word, excel, etc. files so that I can send them more easily through email and burn them. Can someone tell me what to use to reduce these beasts please?

 

[steelfist]

you can compress them into rar or 7zip. i don't know exactally which program can do this reliably and free, so it's best to use google to figure this out. check out www.versiontracker.com for the compression programs.

 

[EricNau]

You can zip 'em up by right (control) clicking the file and selecting "Create Archive of..."