Export File Names from Finder Window...

I want to export all the file names in a finder window to a file that I can use in Excel (txt, csv, etc.). Can I do this directly from the finder window somehow?

The answer just above is excellent.
One additional point which might assist when importing into a spreadsheet.
If you use a simple naming convention which I developed about 6 years ago for exactly this purpose, you can sort on various features of documents, etc.
The name of each file is:
International date,originator,receiver,subject
This structure looks like this:
2008-09-12,dwc,you,naming files for spreadsheet use
THis allows for automatic date sorting or date structuring of files chronologically
It allows one to know who or what was the source of the document
It allows one to know to whom it was sent
and it allows a brief subject with keywords
More important, because commas are used to separate the fields, they can
be used as delimiters when importing the text file into a spreadsheet, thus allowing far greater sorting capabilities.
Best wishes,

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