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View

The View tool will open all selected files using the built-in Magellan Explorer File Viewer. The following formats are supported:

·	ASCII files

·	Hex viewing of any files

·	Rich Text Format (RTF)

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GIF

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JPEG

·	TIFF (CCITT 1D, G3 and G4)

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PNG

·	Window Meta file (WMF)

·	Windows Enhanced Meta file (EMF)

·	PCX and DCX

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BMP

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DIB

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PIC

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TARGA

·	Microsoft Office documents (1)

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HTML (2)

·	PDF files through the Acrobat ActiveX control (2)

(1) Requires Microsoft Office ActiveX components and Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher

(2) Requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher

More information about the viewer window is available in the Viewer Windows section.

View head

The View head tool allows you to view only the first portion, referred to as the head, of a file. A dialog is opened prompting for the number of bytes to show.

View tail

The View head tool allows you to view only the last portion, referred to as the tail, of a file. A dialog is opened prompting for the number of bytes to show.

Edit

The Edit tool will open all selected files in an editor of your choice. The editor used depends on the file type and the editors configured in the External editors section in the Tools and toolbar preferences.

Related topics

Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the toolbar

Step by Step Guide: Adding tools to the Quick/Navigation bar

Step by Step Guide: Adding or modifying a keyboard shortcut