a. there's a full sto/period after "Link" that should be a space
b. I think you need to use row-column notation (R1C1 v. A1) in this case
c. you probably need to double-up the backslashes in the path name
so try
Link Excel.Sheet.8 "c:\\book1.xls" "Sheet1:R1C1"

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Peter Jamieson
> I have inserted the following field code formula in a
> word document and I keep getting syntax errors and
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> Can somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong?