NMR and GCMS files are folders and have been saved as zip files.
Follow the steps below to download these zip files and have them work with the
ACD or GCMS spectral analysis software.
*These steps may vary slightly due to different computer operating systems (e.g.
Windows 98, 2000, XP).
1. Left click selected NMR or GCMS file
2. *On the "File Download" window select "Save this file to
disk" and left click "OK" box or simply or left click
"Save" box.
3. On the "Save As" window
a. select the appropriate drive using "Save in:",
e.g. A: for floppy disk (DO NOT SAVE TO HARD DRIVE!!)
b. select an appropriate "File name:"
c. "Save as type" must remain "EnZip
Archive" / "Compressed (zipped) Folder"
d. left click "Save" box
e. the file will be copied to the selected drive
4. To extract the folder, use a. or b. below (not both)
a. From the "Download Complete" window
i. Left click "Open" box
ii. From the "Zipped Folder" window,
left click folder and select "Extract All Files" from the "Folder Tasks" list
iii. From the "Extraction Wizard"
window select "Next", "Next", "Finish" buttons
b. Go to selected drive on "My Computer"
i. *right click selected folder or file
ii. *left click "Add To Zip" or "Extract
To...."
iii. *on the "Add Files" or "Extract Files"
window left click the "OK" or "Extract" box
iv. *zip folder will be "opened" to selected disk
and will now appear as "z file name" or "file name" on
"My Computer"
5. Open the ACD or GCMS Data Analysis program, then
a. select "File", then "Load Data
File..."
b. from the "Load Data File" window
i. select the appropriate drive
ii. select the appropriate folder by
double left clicking the folder name
iii. select the appropriate data file
a'. for NMR
use WinNmr file
b'. for GCMS
use file ending with ".d"
iv. left click the "OK" box
I suggest that you print this information for ease of use.