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Fixed width settings in Excel

Is there a way to type in the fixed width settings for a file you are about to import.
i don't want to use the scroll bar tool they have defining fixed width and also need to avoid macro.

example lets say i have a file that is in fixed width text and has columns of 10,10,12,and 4
is there a place i can either put
10,10,10,12,4 and have it automatically import the file with those settings.
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Lets say i have a fixed width file and am opening it with excel.
is there a way for me to enter the text...

12,13,12,13,1,1,15
to identify the columns width's
of column one width 12 column 2 width 3 etc..... instead of me dragging the lines in the formatting wizard for fixed width import.

i have an enormously long file of 3000 characters and the widths of the columns are defined in a file layout document... i would like to plug in the numbers from the file layout document instead of using the following tool that i am attaching a screenshot of
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