windows hex editor

I have afile called file.txt with content equals "see hex file content", I open it with hex editor and see on the right column (you know it right) a lot of unreadable charactors plus the string-content of the file. Can you tell me how to understand them-those charactors. And can you tell me too wht my string is not continous as when I read file with note-pad or word ? Thank you

Sorry for my bad english,
[415 byte] By [VB-pretty-n-da-best] at [2007-11-19 8:35:52]
# 1 Re: windows hex editor
I hsouldnt have posted this right ? because my question is incorrect or readers dont really understand what I am talking about either, right ? :redface:
VB-pretty-n-da-best at 2007-11-10 3:40:28 >
# 2 Re: windows hex editor
It is normal for a hex editor to show the hex values in columns on the left and ascii representations of those values on the right. Not all ascii representations are printable to paper or the screen.

The strings are probably in unicode which uses two byte values, so the characters are separated by what appears to be spaces. That is my best guess as to what you are viewing.
Kdr Kane at 2007-11-10 3:41:28 >