These "crop marks" are usually the result of an East Asian language enabled
in your Word application.
Go to Start>All Programs>Microsoft Office>Microsoft Office Tools>Microsoft
Office (Your version) Language settings and disable any enabled East Asian
languages.

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Greg Maxey/Word MVP
A Peer in Peer to Peer Support
> I have small 'L' shaped markers appearing in the corners of my word
> documents, and for the life of me I can't find out how to turn them
> off!
>
> Any help appreciated... Thanks in advance.