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SelectedNotebook

SelectedNotebook[]
gives the currently selected notebook in the front end.

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  • SelectedNotebook returns a NotebookObject.
  • The currently selected notebook will normally have its title bar highlighted.
  • The currently selected notebook is the one to which notebook-oriented menu commands in the front end will be directed. Textual commands, however, are directed to the input notebook.
  • A palette window can be a currently selected notebook but cannot normally be an input notebook.

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Give the notebook object for the currently selected notebook:

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Perform additional operations:

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