Copy file-titles in Finder?

It would likely depend on what app you are pasting into.

An app like Word might recognize the file types and import the files into the document. Or, possibly embed the document as an icon.

When I paste into a text editor (BBEdit), it pastes the file names.

In Monterey's 12.0.1 Finder list view, I selected four files and copied them to the clipboard. I opened LibreOffice Writer 7.2.2 and just pasted into the blank document. Each document's contents pasted into separate pages. However, if I chose Paste Special > Unformatted text, then the four filenames were pasted as a single, undelimited string.

Apple is not about position, but rather, about change. What is past has no assurance of prologue. May have worked in a previous version of Word, but also, Microsoft has a tendency to change things too.

R_55a wrote:

Correct me if I am wrong.  I seem to remember that in the last century, I could highlight a list of files in Finder and copy the titles with “command c.”

Here is an example.  This is a screen shot of a folder on my Desktop.  In the folder are three Word files.

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/e0aec83a-4f0e-4fa5-91ab-0f36c3753474

I believe that, in the distant past, I could select all three files with “command a.”  Then I could copy the titles of the files onto Clipboard.  I then pasted these titles as text into a new document, such as Word.

I have not been able to do this for decades.  Am I just imagining that Finder had this ability in the past?   Or is there some new technique now?

Hmmm... I do not seem to have this issue.

Try your copy & pasting your list into a plain .txt file as a test and compare your results:

TextEdit.app>Format>Plain txt

I have my TextEdit>Preferences> set to Plain Txt by default— it is easy enough to use the key shortcuts to change if needed.

TextEdit User Guide for Mac - Apple Support