excel paste delimited text into separate columns

To paste delimited text into separate columns in Excel, you can follow these steps:

1. Open Excel and create a new worksheet or open an existing one.
2. Copy the delimited text that you want to paste into separate columns.
3. Select the cell where you want to start pasting the text.
4. Go to the "Home" tab in the Excel ribbon.
5. In the "Clipboard" group, click on the "Paste" dropdown arrow.
6. Select the "Paste Special" option.
7. In the "Paste Special" dialog box, select the "Text" option.
8. Click on the "OK" button.

Excel will then paste the delimited text into separate columns based on the delimiter used.