Save selection to file

Is there a way to save a selection I've made to a file for web? Currently my process would be Select an area > Crop > Save for Web > Go back in the history.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot.

JJMack wrote:
Trevor I think you entitled to have your opinion. However I don't for the life of me have any idea of what you mean when you write that Actions and Scripts get in the way of core function. Can you expand on that please
Glad to. I came into this thread with an astonished reaction that someone would write and use an action to make a new image file from a selection, because — IMO — It is just too quick and easy a process to warrant an action. (Unless you had a large number of these to do).
My view is that people enjoy creating code, but at some point, Photoshop stops being a tool to edit and create images, and becomes a means to itself rather than a means to an end. In this thread a six key operation was being truncated to a minimum two key operation (assuming the OP had them available to launch his action — he might had needed to resort to a THREE key operation to launch!). In THIS THREAD p.c supplies what I am sure is a very elegant 10 odd lines of code to save the OP the trouble of hitting the ‘v’ key to select the Move tool after they launch Photoshop! I wonder how many times a person could hit that ‘v’ key in the time it took p.c to write and implement that code?
Note that I am not saying that Actions and Scripts are a bad thing. Just that they can be overused, and in situations where they don't make any sense.
I have taught Photoshop at the last two Photographic Society of New Zealand’s National Conventions, and to some of the best amateur photographers in the world. I have also had to deal with huge resistance to the use of Photoshop in high level competitions and Exhibitions, so I take the view that Photoshop is just a tool — as is a camera or dark room equipment. (BTW When I say resistance, I am talking about an aggressively argued stance that the use of Photoshop is unfair, and nothing to do with photography.)
Of course I get a great deal of pleasure out of using Photoshop, but I try not to lose sight of the fact that is a tool for editing and creating images.
Having just spent several minutes typing this out, and spending way too much time in this forum as well, I actually have a fast approaching deadline for my current project, so time to get back to work.

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>Is there some mechanism that can be used to select ONLY those images that NEED to have the file updated rather than displaying all... There HAS to be a better way than this blind, sledgehammer approach.
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What version of Word and what is the file extension?
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Thanks for your insights.
Does my Action need to include an Open command? I sure thought so, because of how the Photoshop Help | Processing a batch of files documentation describes 'Override Action “Open” Commands'.
"...If the action contains an Open command that opens a saved file and you don't select this option, the Batch command opens and processes only the file you used to record the Open command..." I don't want to operate only the file I used to record the Open command. However, this sentence doesn't say that an Open command should be part of a droplet Action.
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<blockquote>Locking duplicate thread.<br>
Please continue here: [[/questions/951766]]</blockquote>
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