Highlighting Effect Behind White Text

[Cara Stelmaschuk]

I'm using an InDesign template, running InDesign 2020.

I'm adding a new text block to the project. Everything functions normally until I try to change the text to white. Then I get a blue background, like the highlighting function in Word. I can't find this under any of my text block panel settings. When I switch back to black text, it's transparent again. As you can see, it's not filling the whole block either.

I've searched other community questions and can't find anything about this particular issue. It's not a missing font, either. This is Minion Pro, and it's the same story for any other font I switch to.

[Eric Dumas]

Hi,

Can you confirm if the text is on the pasteboard with the page preview activated?

[Cara Stelmaschuk]

Yes, it is on the pasteboard with activated preview. And when I did a test export to pdf and png it kept the colour behind, too. 

[jmlevy · Accepted solution]

It looks like you have enabled paragraph shading. Check your paragraph style or the dropdown menu at the very right end of the control panel.

[Cara Stelmaschuk]

Winner winner, chicken dinner. It takes along time to even find that freaking panel. Thank you so much!!

[sirajdey]

Many thanks, it solved a long time problem