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  • $\begingroup$ I do not have MMA 10 installed yet... but I would like to know whether you have tried to Save Selection As... of ToExpression[CharacterRange["a", "z"]] ? $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 8:59
  • $\begingroup$ @Boson I haven't tried that, but that's not really what this question is about. Your code would produce Symbols rather than Strings. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 9:03
  • $\begingroup$ Am not seeing this on OS X $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 9:35
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    $\begingroup$ Strange. I get the quotes if I select the cell contents but not if I select the cell bracket. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 11:00
  • $\begingroup$ I'm on Windows 8.1 and my behavior is exactly as @SimonWoods reports. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 15:32