Following is a description of the Hex Compare commands, in addition to the common commands. Most of these commands are available as toolbar buttons.
Choose Tools | Options 
(Beyond Compare | Settings on macOS) and switch to the Toolbars, etc. page to define your own keyboard shortcuts, and hide or expose commands on the menus and toolbars.
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Save Session |
Saves the current session. |
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Save Session As |
Saves the current session under a new name. |
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Session Settings |
Opens the Hex Compare Session Settings dialog. |
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Locked |
Locks or unlocks the current session. |
Clear Session |
Replaces the current view with an empty Hex Compare. |
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Swap Sides |
Exchanges the left and right files. |
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Reload Files |
Reloads the displayed files, prompting to save first if necessary. |
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Recompare Files |
Recompares the displayed files, preserving edits, but not undo operations. |
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Hex Compare Report |
Produces the Hex Compare report. |
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Hex Compare Info |
Displays comparison statistics. |
Compare Files Using |
Opens the displayed files in a new session using a different class of file view. |
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Compare Parent Folders |
Opens a new Folder Compare session based on the parent folders of the currently loaded files. |
The File menu
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Open File |
Opens an existing file into the selected pane. |
Open File on File System * |
Opens an existing local file into the selected pane. |
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Open File Using Profile * |
Opens an existing file into the selected pane using a profile. |
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Open Clipboard |
Loads the Clipboard contents into the selected pane. |
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Open With |
Opens the selected pane's file in one of the external Open With applications. |
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Open With | Associated Application |
Opens the selected pane's file with its associated application. |
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Open With | Text Edit |
Opens the selected pane's file with the built-in text editor. |
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Save File |
Saves the modified file from the selected pane. |
Save File As |
Saves the file from the selected pane with a new name. |
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Save File on File System As * |
Saves the file from the selected pane with a new name on the file system. |
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Save File Using Profile As * |
Saves the file from the selected pane with a new name using a profile. |
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Explorer |
Displays the file manager's context menu for the file in the selected pane. |
The Edit menu
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Undo |
Undoes the previous action. |
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Redo |
Redoes the previously undone action. |
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Copy to Right / Copy to Left * |
Copies selected bytes to indicated side. |
Copy to Other Side |
Copies selected bytes to opposite side. The caption and icon appear as Copy to Right or Copy to Left depending on the current side. |
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Cut / Copy / Paste / Delete |
Standard editing commands. |
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Select All |
Selects all visible bytes in the current pane. |
The Search menu
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Next Difference Bytes |
Goes to the next difference bytes. |
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Previous Difference Bytes |
Goes to the previous difference bytes. |
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Next Difference Files |
Opens the parent folder session's next pair of files with differences. (Child sessions only.) |
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Previous Difference Files |
Opens the parent folder session's previous pair of files with differences. (Child sessions only.) |
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Copy File to Right and Open Next Difference |
Copies the entire left-side file to the right and opens the folder session's next different files. (Child sessions only.) |
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Copy File to Left and Open Next Difference |
Copies the entire right-side file to the left and opens the folder session's next different files. (Child sessions only.) |
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Find |
Searches for matching text. |
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Replace |
Replaces matching text. |
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Find Next |
Finds next occurrence of search string. |
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Find Previous |
Finds previous occurrence of search string. |
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Go To |
Positions at specified byte. |
The View menu
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Show All |
Shows all bytes, with or without differences. |
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Show Differences |
Shows only bytes with differences. |
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Show Same |
Shows only bytes without differences. |
Current Byte Address |
Shows current byte address. |
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Little Endian Values |
Lists values treating the first byte as the least significant one. |
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Big Endian Values |
Lists values treating the first byte as the most significant one. |
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Byte Addresses |
Shows or hides byte addresses. |
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Display Font * |
Selects the font to use to display file data. |
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Increase Display Font Size * |
Increases hex font size. |
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Decrease Display Font Size * |
Decreases hex font size. |
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Reset Display Font Size * |
Resets hex font size. |
Layout |
Configures layout options. |
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Side-by-side Layout |
Arranges panes left and right of each other. |
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Over-under Layout |
Arranges panes above and below each other. |
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Thumbnail |
Shows or hides the thumbnail summary of changes at left of view. |
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File Info |
Shows or hides file information panels at the top of panes. |
Toolbar |
Shows or hides the toolbar. |
* Hidden by default.
