You may quickly move to a particular part of the object. To move to a particular part of the object being viewed/edited, enter the required offset in the Go to Offset field between the buttons.

You may also use the Go To Offset dialog box to go to a specified place in the object. Click the Offset field on the Status bar. You may also use this dialog box to copy the offset.

Go To Offset dialog box

Go To Offset options

From:	Jump/offset direction. For example, if you need to find the offset from the object end for a selected byte, switch to the End (backward) option.
HEX/DEC	Switch between the hexadecimal and decimal data representation.
Range	Range of values that can be entered.
dec/hex:	Alternative data representation.
Offset:	Flat data offset (without separation between the sector and offset in the sector).
Sector/offset	Data offset represented as a sector and offset in the sector.
Go!/OK buttons	The Go! button moves the cursor to the specified positions, but the Go To Offset dialog box remains open. The OK button closes the dialog box after moving the cursor.

Searching

To search for a particular string, click the Find , Find Next , or Find Previous buttons or the same items on the Edit menu, and specify the string on the Search dialog box.

Search dialog box

Search options

Not Equal	Search for the place which content is not equal to the string. For example, the first byte not equal to 00 or FF .
Search for
HEX	Field for the string to search for in the hexadecimal representation
ANSI	Field for the string to search for in the ANSI encoding
OEM	Field for the string to search for in the OEM encoding
UNICODE	Field for the string to search for in the UNICODE encoding
Match case	Select this check box to make the search case-sensitive
Search area
From current position	Select this check box to start search from the current position
From start position	Select this check box to start search from the beginning of the object
From Address	Select this check box and specify the range in which the search is to be carried out
Search position
Exhaustive search	Select this check box to search the entire object
Search at offset	Select this check box and specify the sector offset from which the search will start
Reverse	Select this check box to start the search in the reverse direction
Find all	Select this check box to search for all instances of the string to search. Search results will be shown in the Find Results pane.

Text/hexadecimal Editor will show the search progress.

Search results are shown in the Find Results pane. You may easily move to the required found item by clicking the item.

Features of the Not Equal option

Suppose we have an object which first 3 consecutive sectors start with:

Sector1 FILEAAAAA..............................................

Sector2 FILEBBBBB..............................................

Sector3 NOTAFILE...............................................

And the search string is Not Equal FILE .

If the Exhaustive search option is selected, the Text/hexadecimal Editor will stop at the first A character in Sector1 .

If the Search at offset=0 option is selected, the Text/hexadecimal Editor will stop at the N character in Sector3 .

Bookmarking

You may create bookmarks to easily move to those places. Right-click the cursor on the place you want to bookmark and select Toggle Bookmark on the shortcut menu. The list of bookmarks appears in the Bookmark pane. You may easily move to the required bookmark by clicking it in the list.

You may control bookmarks on the Edit menu.

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Navigating through an Object

Go To Offset options

Search options

Features of the Not Equal option

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