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# Menus

The menu bar, located at the top of the Main Window, contains the following menus:

File

  This menu contains:

  - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ->Open+ + + + + + + + ( F3 ) lets you select a file and opens it, reading its contents to a buffer and displaying it immediately in a view.

  - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ->Save+ + + + + + + ( Ctrl-S ) writes the contents of the buffer to the file with the same name.

    Warning
    Be careful with this since you can easily corrupt many files that correspond to a given format.

  - + + + + + ->Save As+ + + + + lets you select a new filename and then saves the contents of the buffer to a file with this name.

  - + + + + + ->Export to HTML+ + + + + generate a package of html files documenting the hexadecimal contents of the open file.

  - + + + + + ->Revert+ + + + + Removes any changes you made since the last time the file was saved.

  - + + + + + ->Print+ + + + + Prints a page or pages showing the hexadecimal contents of the open file.

  - + + + + + ->Print preview+ + + + + Displays a screen version of the page as it will be printed.

  - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ->Close+ + + + + + + ( Ctrl-W ) This closes your file.

  - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ->Exit+ + + + + + + ( Ctrl-Q ) This quits the application.

Edit

  This menu contains:

  - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ->Undo+ + + + + + + ( Ctrl-Z ) undoes the last action.

  - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ->Redo+ + + + + + + ( Ctrl-R ) redoes the last undone action.

  - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ->Find+ + + + + + + ( F6 ) opens theFind Dialog

  - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ->Replace+ + + + + + + ( F7 ) opens the Find Replace Dialog

  - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ->Goto Byte+ + + + + + + ( Ctrl-J ) opens the Jump To Byte Dialog. You can enter the offset of the cursor in decimal or in hex (preceeded by "0x").

  - + + + + + + + ->Insert mode+ + + + + + + selects inserting data rather than overwriting it.

View

  This menu contains:

  - Add View adds another view of the currently edited file.

  - Remove View removes the active view. Even if this is the last view of the corresponding file, the file will not be closed and will remain accessible through the Files menu.

Tools

  This menu contains:

  - Converter opens the Base Conversion Dialog. ADD LINK

  - Character Table shows a table with ASCII description, a hexadecimal, decimal, octal and binary representation of each value from 0 to 255. A double click on a row will set the byte at the cursor position in the active view to the value of the row.

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