How do I remove the "extra stuff" I see when I open LeaderGuide Pro documents?

On the Word Home tab - click on the Paragraph Mark button

When you print a LeaderGuide Pro document it will print without all of the weird characters and symbols you see when you are working in the file. And, if you go into Print Preview mode you will see how your document will look when it prints.

What are seeing are Word's non-printing characters. This is because LeaderGuide Pro turns your Paragraph Marks on, and as a result, you also see all of the other non-printing characters, like page breaks, spaces, end of row symbols, tab spacers, and those little gray brackets associated with fields and bookmarks. These non-printing characters all relate to the formatting of the document.

You will find that they are very helpful while you are working in your document. They help you know precisely where your cursor is. And when they are turned on, you can clearly see things like extra spaces, etc.

They are important when formatting is important - like in your leader guides. You can turn them off by clicking on the Paragraph Mark button on the Word Home tab, but we do not recommend that while you are working in your leader guide.