Folder Size Displayed in Name How to???

Hi,
I was at a friends who had all the folders on his desk top and elsewhere I suppose, displaying the size of the folder under it's name. I asked and he said under view options but I can't find a selection that will do that.
I have a bunch of folders I'd like to back up and this would be a quick easy way to do this, making sure they can fit on a cd.
Anyone know how??
Thanks,
Warren

I have two ways of looking at files in Finder. The first is a straight listing, the middle of the 3 boxes in the upper left corner of finder. Clicking on the gear, click show view options, and size is an option, check it.
Another way is to click on the left box of the three, which shows icons for the files. Again, click the gear, click view options, and show item info. If a file is a movie, it shows the length, if it's a picture, it shows it's size. However, it doesn't show the size of a program module.

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