Cascading lookup format questions

Hi everyone,
I have a couple of questions regarding formatting the cascading look up fields. I have a list that filters classes and mnemonics by educator which works fine however on the entry form, when the "Educators" drop down menu is changed,
a secondary description box appears. The question is, how do I get rid of that secondary description box?
The second formatting question is that when I have filled out the form, on the edit entry form, there is a hyperlink to the list that the cascading lookup is using as a reference. How do I get rid of that link? See image 002 below

It's not easy to understand the question, please attach the image here.
if you mean to achieve a cascade lookup in SharePoint new/edit form, after selecting one column, the cascaded column below will show with filtered value, otherwise, the column is hidden, you may consider to use JavaScript/JQuery to show/hide the second column,
following is an article about how to use cascaded lookup in SharePoint:
http://www.sharepointboris.net/js/spcd/
Qiao Wei <br/> My blog:http://blog.goobol.com

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