Moving cells from one column into multiple columns

Hello, all.

Currently using Excel 2010. I have all the data I need in column A, but I would like to spread it out across different columns.

To simplify what I'm doing, I would like to go from:
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
A7
A8

To:
A1 A2 A3 A4
A5 A6 A7 A8

I've been moving the cells individually and then deleting the extra rows, but I would much prefer to use a macro or some other faster method. What I would actually like to do is a bit more than just spreading out all the data, but I figured if someone could at least point me in the right direction with this starting block, I could play with it and hopefully learn to figure it out on my own.

I appreciate any help you guys can offer! Thanks!

EDIT: I know I can just transpose using Copy>Paste Special, but then I still have to go through and delete all those rows. I was hoping for something that could consolidate the process a bit and possibly be edited if I need to expand my parameters.