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If you need to select a column of data (vertical selection as apposed to row based selection) in the results window of Management Studio (SSMS) you can by holding down the Alt key first before you select the data. You can copy, cut, paste in the window to get the order you want. This works in code windows also.

You have to set the Options in SSMS to get this to work properly. Under Tools|Options|Query Results|SQL Server|Results to Text, select drop down option for Output Format to be Column Aligned and check box next to Include column headers in the result set.