Okay, you gave me an idea. First, position the active cell where you plan on separating your data. In my spreadsheet, it was cell A12. Then go to defined names (Formulas>Name Manager), new name
In A12 copied down
=MID(A2, 1, FIND("^", SUBSTITUTE(A2, " ", "^", NumSpaces-7)))
In B12 copied across to H and down
=MID($A2, FIND("^",SUBSTITUTE($A2, " ", "^", NumSpaces-8+COLUMNS($B$12:B$12))),FIND("^",SUBSTITUTE($A2, " ", "^", NumSpaces-8+COLUMNS($B$12:C$12))) - FIND("^", SUBSTITUTE($A2, " ", "^", NumSpaces- 8+COLUMNS($B$12:B$12))))
In I12 copied down
=RIGHT($A2, LEN($A2)-FIND("^",SUBSTITUTE($A2, " ","^",NumSpaces)))
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