http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Extract_Form_Data.htm might help point the way.

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> I have a couple of hundred word forms and I have saved the data from
> each one as a text file. I want to enter all the data into one excel
> sheet. Currently I have to open each one in a separate excel sheet,
> then cut and paste into a master sheet. There must be an easier way
> Can anyone help. Word 2003, Excel 2003.