How to Copy a List of Files in a Windows Folder Into an Excel List. Maintaining an Excel spreadsheet of computer files can help you keep track of important business documents or images ...

This will paste the entire list of file and folder names into TextEdit. There is also the option to create the same list that includes the folder path for each item, instead of just the file names.

Q: I have about 200 files in a directory and I want to copy their file names as text so that I can make a list in Word. How do I do this?