Unwanted "L" shaped lines near header and footer

[Marc]

Everytime I open a new word document, two "L" shaped lines
appear near the header and footer. When I adjust some
settings in the header and footer, these lines change
size, but I can never get them to go away.

It looks like they are there for something to do with the
page layout, but when I go to print, they are also printed
on the page.

Does anyone know how to get rid of these things?

Thanks!

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

These are either as a result of the display of Text Boundaries that can be
turned off under Tools>Options>View, but those do not print.

Otherwise, it is as a result of having installed Support for Asian Languages
and to get rid of them, you have to uninstall that support. I was not aware
however that they were printed with the document.

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Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Guest]

How do i uninstall the asian languages? I don't think I
installed them, but maybe i'm just looking in the wrong
place. Thanks!

 

[garfield-n-odie]

In Windows XP, click on Start | Control Panel | Regional and Language
Options | Languages | uncheck "Install files for East Asian languages".

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

This is the information from the Windows Help File. The information that
you need is in the last paragraph.

Quote

To install East Asian language files on your computer

You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators
group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to
a network, network policy settings may also prevent you from completing this
procedure.

Open Regional and Language Options in Control Panel.

On the Languages tab, under Supplemental language support, select the
Install files for East Asian languages check box.

Click OK or Apply.

You will prompted to insert the Windows CD-ROM or point to a network
location where the files are located.

After the files are installed, you must restart your computer.

Notes

To open Regional and Language Options, click Start, click Control Panel, and
then double-click Regional and Language Options.

The East Asian languages include Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. The files
for most other languages are installed on your computer automatically by
Windows.

It is recommended that you install these files only if you are going to be
entering or receiving text in one or more of these languages. The Chinese,
Japanese, and Korean files require about 230 megabytes (MB) of space on your
hard disk. In addition to the language files, Input Method Editors (IMEs)
are installed for each of the three languages.

After you install the East Asian language files on your computer's hard
disk, you must add the individual languages for which you want to enter and
display text. After you add a language, the language is loaded into memory
every time you start your computer. For more information, click Related
Topics.

To remove the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean files from your computer, clear
the check box, and then click OK or Apply.

Unquote
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Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[RED_X3]

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
please help me! I did evrything this message said and those cursed things wont go away! Evrytime that I start up WORD the auto installer pops up as well. help me please! >_<

 

[Guest]

When I go into that part of the control panel, it
indicates that English US is the only language
installed on my computer. Could these lines be caused
by anything else cause I don't think I have the East Asian
languages installed.

 

[Greg Maxey]

Marc,
Check for and remove east asian languages here:
START>All Programs>Microsoft Office>Microsoft Office Tools>Microsoft Office
(Your version) Language Settings.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Although the answers you have been given would be correct if the "crop
marks" did NOT print, if you have printing marks, then they are actually
*there.* To remove them, View | Header and Footer, click on each one, and
press Delete. If you're seeing these in every new document, then you'll need
to remove them from Normal.dot. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm