<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
      type="guide"
      id="archive-create">

  <info>
    <title type="sort" its:translate="no">1</title>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#managing-archives"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.4" date="2012-01-18" status="review"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.6" date="2012-08-05" status="review"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-03-25" status="candidate"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2014-03-23" status="candidate"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.34" date="2020-02-09" status="candidate"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Marta Bogdanowicz</name>
      <email>majus85@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
      <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>

    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>

    <desc>Add files or folders to a new archive.</desc>
  </info>

  <title>Create a new archive</title>

  <p>Create a new archive with <app>File Roller</app> by following these
  steps:</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select
      <gui style="menuitem">New Archive</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Name your new archive file and select the file format from the dropdown.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Choose the location where the archive file will be saved.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click <gui>Create</gui> to continue.</p>
      <note style="tip">
	<p>By clicking <gui>Other Options</gui> you can set a password or
	split your new archive into smaller, individual files by selecting the
	relevant option and specifying the volume for each part in
	<gui>MB</gui>. These options are only available if the chosen archive
	file format supports them.</p>
      </note>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Add the desired files and folders to your archive by pressing
      <gui>+</gui> in the header bar. Check the box next to the files and
      folders that you want to add.</p>
      <note style="tip">
	<p>Not all archive file formats support folders — if the file format
	that you are using does not, you will not be warned. If the file format
	that you are using does not support folders, the files from the folders
	will be added, but not the folder itself.</p>
      </note>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Once you finish adding files, the archive is ready; you do not need to
      save it.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

</page>
