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NotebookGet

NotebookGet[obj]
gets the raw expression corresponding to the notebook represented by the notebook object obj.

NotebookGet[]
gets the raw expression corresponding to the currently selected notebook.

NotebookGet allows you to take a notebook that is open in the front end, and get the raw expression corresponding to it in the kernel.

NotebookGet returns an expression with head Notebook, containing Cell expressions and boxes data.

First create a small sample notebook to operate on: