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NotebookApply[notebook,data]

writes data into a notebook at the current selection, replacing the first selection placeholder in data by the current selection, and then setting the current selection to be just after the data written.

NotebookApply[cell,data]

writes data into a notebook in place of the specified cell.

NotebookApply[notebook,data,sel]

writes data into a notebook and then sets the current selection to be as specified by sel.

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NotebookApply

NotebookApply[notebook,data]

writes data into a notebook at the current selection, replacing the first selection placeholder in data by the current selection, and then setting the current selection to be just after the data written.

NotebookApply[cell,data]

writes data into a notebook in place of the specified cell.

NotebookApply[notebook,data,sel]

writes data into a notebook and then sets the current selection to be as specified by sel.

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Basic Examples  (1)

Create a notebook and select the first x:

Wolfram Language code: nb = CreateDocument[{x, x}];
Wolfram Language code: SelectionMove[nb, Next, CellContents]

Apply a template to make the x the base of a superscript structure:

Wolfram Language code: NotebookApply[nb, SuperscriptBox["", ""]]

Apply a template and select all of the data written:

Wolfram Language code: SelectionMove[nb, Next, CellContents];NotebookApply[nb, SuperscriptBox["", ""], All]

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Select an x in a cell that is not visible in the notebook window:

Wolfram Language code: nb = NotebookPut[Notebook[Join[{Cell["Subsection heading", "Subsection"]}, Table[Cell[BoxData["x"], "Input"], {50}]]]]; SelectionMove[nb, Next, CellContents, 30, AutoScroll -> False]

Usually, writing data to a location makes the document scroll to that location:

Wolfram Language code: NotebookApply[nb, SuperscriptBox["", ""]]

Again, select an x that is not visible in the notebook window:

Wolfram Language code: nb = NotebookPut[Notebook[Join[{Cell["Subsection heading", "Subsection"]}, Table[Cell[BoxData["x"], "Input"], {50}]]]]; SelectionMove[nb, Next, CellContents, 30, AutoScroll -> False]

With AutoScroll set to False, the location where data is written stays off screen:

Wolfram Language code: NotebookApply[nb, SuperscriptBox["", ""], AutoScroll -> False]

Moving the selection slightly, without AutoScroll->False, scrolls to where the new data is:

Wolfram Language code: SelectionMove[nb, After, Character]
Wolfram Research (1996), NotebookApply, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookApply.html (updated 2012).

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Wolfram Research (1996), NotebookApply, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookApply.html (updated 2012).

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Wolfram Language. 1996. "NotebookApply." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2012. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookApply.html.

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Wolfram Language. (1996). NotebookApply. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookApply.html

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_notebookapply, author="Wolfram Research", title="{NotebookApply}", year="2012", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookApply.html}", note=[Accessed: 05-October-2026]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2026_notebookapply, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={NotebookApply}, year={2012}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookApply.html}, note=[Accessed: 05-October-2026]}