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l From the Tools tab in the PlanetPress Suite Ribbon, click on Hex Viewer. The default active data file is automatically
opened.
l In the Data Selector, click the Hex Viewer button. Note that this button is not available if you select a database emu-
lation.
To exit the Hex Viewer:
l In the Hex Viewer, choose File | Exit.
l Click the X button at the top-right corner of the Hex Viewer.
l Press ALT+F4 on your keyboard.
To open a different file in the Hex Viewer:
l In the Hex Viewer, choose File | Open then navigate to the file you want to examine and click Open.
To save a file from the Hex Viewer:
l Choose File | Save.
To save the sample data file as a binary or hexadecimal text file:
1. Choose File | Save As and choose one of the following:
l Bin file: Choose to save the sample data file as a binary file.
l Hex file: Choose to save the sample data file as a text file, where each two-character text string is the hex-
adecimal code for a byte of data.
2. Use the Save As dialog box that appears to save the file.
To adjust the view:
l Choose View and set the option:
l Line size: Choose the number of bytes of input data you want to display on each line. You can choose 16, 32,
or 64 bytes per line.
l Column width: Choose the number of bytes of input data you want to represent in each column of the hex-
adecimal display area. You can choose 1, 2, or 4 bytes per column.
l Caret style: Choose a style for the pointer. You can choose among an empty rectangle (Full block), a left line
(Left line), and an underscore (Bottom line). You can also choose Auto to switch from one style to another.
When you switch from one style to another, the Hex Viewer also switches between insert and overwrite mode.
l Offset display: Choose the representation for the byte offset numbers that appear on the left of the Hex
Viewer. You can choose among Hexadecimal, Decimal, Octal, or None if you want to hide the byte offset
numbers.
l Translation: Choose the character set you want to use to represent the input data in the Hex Viewer. You can
choose among ANSI, ASCII 7 bit, DOS 8 bit, Mac, and IBM EBCDIC CP 38.
l Grid: Choose to toggle the Hex Viewer grid on or off.
l Show markers: Choose to show or hide all markers. Markers appear in a column between the hexadecimal
line number and the first hexadecimal value of the line. You create markers to make it easy to jump to specific
lines in the file.
l Swap nibbles: Choose to swap the nibbles in the hexadecimal representation of each byte of input data.
l Mask whitespaces: Choose to turn the marking of carriage returns in the input data on or off. When it is on,
an empty rectangle appears around each carriage return in the input data.
To navigate through the input data:
l Scroll through the file using the scrollbar on the right.
To get a hard copy of the Hex Viewer presentation of the file:
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