just something out of your square: if you use diskcatalog maker (or similar library app) you can scan the harddisk, then export as text file, in the text file you can search for your folder & then copy that group of lines into you doc here a sample of 2 files (info) Macintosh HD:Users:saddas:Desktop:sy rehearsal:Appenzeller medley.mp3 6.3 MB MP3 audio 4 April 2012 8:02 PM Macintosh HD:Users:saddas:Desktop:sy rehearsal:Bergvagabunden.mp3 4.9 MB MP3 audio 4 April 2012 8:00 PM
is it that sort of list you wanted James SAD Technic U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. On 07/06/2012, at 7:56 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: > > On 06/06/2012, at 10:36 AM, Jane Griffiths wrote: > >> Hi Peter >> >> It may not work for a list of movie files but you can copy and paste a list >> of applications from the Applications folder into Pages. >> However, as with Numbers, the list is replicated numerous time in Pages, >> whereas it is correctly pasted only once in an MS Word document. >> >> It seems the multiple pasting behaviour occurs throughout the iWork suite >> (yes I just tried it in Keynote and Powerpoint as well!) but M$ Office seems >> to handle the pasting correctly. >> >> Perhaps it's just one of iWork's little mysteries! >> >> Cheers >> Jane >> > > > My contention remains that pasting a list of files into a Pages document does > not work, but it seems the results depend on the contents of the original > Finder window. I just copied and pasted a list of 157 applications into > Pages, and got a list of filenames repeated 157 times (over 450 pages)! I > tried the same with a folder containing 58 .png files, and ended up with 58 > embedded images. When pasted into a TextEdit document (Rich Text format) the > 157 items appeared as 157 icons (just one copy), but a list of 157 filenames > when pasted into a Plain Text document. I got the same results with the 58 > png files. > > From the list of items in TextEdit (Plain Text format), you can "Select All" > and past into a Numbers table with perfect results. Just select a single cell > in the table and "Paste". You will end up with the correct number of rows > with one item in each row. > > I have no idea what's going on with Pages!... > > Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > Perth, Western Australia > Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
