I got the same result as you when I copied your sample data into a TXT file.
But then I renamed it to have a CSV extension Excel skipped the TIW and
parsed the data on the commas.

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Jim
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| When I import a specific formatted data file into Excel 2003 the text
wizard
| looks at the data and announces that "The Text Wizard has determined that
| your data is Fixed Width." However, that is incorrect. It is .csv data.
| Here is a typical data record:
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| "2-5-2008 7:59","2-5-2008 9:20","123456.US - 0000.1","Continue addressing
| inventor commments, and modify figures and specification to overcome
| potential reference. "
|
| Is there any way to re-educate the Text Wizard - or to force it to always
| assume that data are .csv?
|
| Thanks.
|
|
| Jim (a.k.a. ORTNPALMS)