Copy file names-but not files???

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Copy file names-but not files???

I have to copy 280 file names into a document. Is there a way to copy all the names from the finder into a document without copying the actual files. I know that I could do this one by one, by highlighting the individual names and copying, but the thought of doing this 300 times -- aaarrrggg.

Is there a solution?

Thanks,
Craig

MBP 2.33, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Nov 13, 2009 7:15 AM

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V.K.

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Nov 13, 2009 7:35 AM in response to Craigsaw

sorry, my fault. make the text edit document plain text (format menu->make plain text) before dragging the files to the that window.

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V.K.

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Nov 13, 2009 7:17 AM in response to Craigsaw

you can drag the files to a text editor like TextEdit. then only file names (and paths) will be copied.

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Craigsaw Author

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Nov 13, 2009 7:24 AM in response to V.K.

I tried that but doesn't work...

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V.K.

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Nov 13, 2009 7:26 AM in response to Craigsaw

Craigsaw wrote:
I tried that but doesn't work...

what exactly do you mean by that? what happens? open text edit and drag those files to a blank text edit window. it should definitely copy their names there.

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Craigsaw Author

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Nov 13, 2009 7:31 AM in response to V.K.

I thought so too, but it just tries to copy the jpegs and QT files and chokes with the beachball spinning...

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Craigsaw Author

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Nov 13, 2009 7:41 AM in response to V.K.

Worked! Thanks for sharing some of that good Canuck logic....

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