Hi omega009,
Presumably your Excel tables look something like:
{LINK Excel.Sheet.8 "C:\\Users\\Omega009\\Documents\\ExcelWorkbook.xls" "Sheet1!R1C1:R10C10" \a \p }
In that case, you've managed to toggle the field code display 'on'. Pressing Alt-F9 toggles the field code display 'on/off'.