Try the INDIRECT function, but only on open workbooks

=INDIRECT(A1&"$BE$8")

but A1 shou8ld be in the form '[excelfile.xls]Sheet1!'.

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Bob Phillips
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"Allen" wrote in message
om...
I want to link sheets with cell references and file names as
parameters. I tried address function but it did not work.

Cell a1 would be the file and sheet name /excelfile.xls!sheet1

second file would just type the filename and the range.

TY

Allen