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HexEdit2.5F is a free hex editor that is renowned for its intuitive interface and ability to quickly and reliably edit files of any size.

It has many options like: hex/char/both display modes, autofit, hex/dec addresses, RO/RW, INS/OVR modes, scroll/zoom using mouse-wheel, print selection (coalescing duplicate lines), margin/line-spacing, print preview, fast searches, comparison, highlighter, clipboard, bookmarks, color schemes, etc.

It can continuously display over 60 properties in a pinable dialog: including decimal 4 sizes of integer (in 4 formats), bit values, IEEE/IBM floats, dates (many time_t formats) etc. You can also edit properties, eg. change a date. You can see characters as ASCII/ANSI, IBM/OEM (MSDOS), EBCDIC using the char set drop-down list.

Our advanced template system allows you to easily describe and display any sort of file structure including STRUCT, optional parts (IF), arrays( FOR), etc.

Time-saving features include the Find tool (with drop-down history list) that allows quick searches for hex digits or strings, and hex/decimal jump tools. The status bar displays number of occurrences of current search string, distance from the cursor to the "mark", RO/RW, INS/OVR, REC, CAPS etc. The length of the selection is available while selecting or by pressing the SHIFT key.

Advanced features include unlimited file/window undo, background searches, keystroke macros, unlimited recent file list, fill block,random numbers, CRCs, Motorola-S/Intel-hex files. A powerful calculator is included that allows file manipulation and is tightly integrated with macros making it simple to create and repeat complex operations.

You can completely customize menus, keyboard & toolbars (even edit button images), 7 different context menus, 5 different double-click events, user tools etc. All user-defined keys appear in menus and tooltips.

On-line help is second to none including several tutorials.