On Fri, 5 May 2017 15:22:10 -0700 (PDT), in message
alpine.LNX.2.11.1705051519020.8235@localhost, Rich Shepard wrote:

>    I thought emacs had a keyboard chord to save a block of marked
> text to a new file name, but the emacs manual section on saving files
> has no entry for this. C-x C-w saves the entire buffer to a new name,
> not just highlighted text.
> 
>    What do more experienced users do?
> 
> Rich

Hi Rich,

To save a selected region use  M-x write-region RET .  This
function is not tied to any particular key-chord.  But that
doesn't mean you can't set one up yourself.

Hope this helps.

--Dale

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