How do I delete one (bottom) stroke from a text box?

[Jess28445320xylc]

I have downloaded a template to use for a client and there is a text box that has a thick stroke ONLY on the bottom of the textbox. I cannot modify it in any capacity whatsoever...I have absolutely no idea how it exists and where it lies. Please help...

[Jess28445320xylc]

[jmlevy]

It could be a rule below. See paragraph rules in the paragraph settings.

[Jess28445320xylc]

Not seeing any rules. Actually would be fine to just change the color and I can't find any location showing the pink. It only lets me change the text color (blue)....

[jmlevy]

Could also be a table, with a stroke at the bottom of the cell. Can you share the file?

[James Gifford—NitroPress · Accepted solution]

I'm stumped. It appears to be part of an object style (it goes away if I apply any other style), but only as an override on Basic Text Frame. I don't know what kind of entity it is, at all.

Sigh. Templates.

ETA: Got it. It's an Inner Shadow effect on the frame, compressed to form a solid bar. This really should be tied to a defined Object Style, and the text should not really be Body Text...

[Jess28445320xylc]

Where? I tried looking and following screen below and I am not getting the same screenshot...I can't find the pink!

[Jess28445320xylc]

so I found it but when I change the color, it changes the entire shading on the box...goes darker grey with no orange on the bottom

[Jess28445320xylc]

Oh wow, got it. I was turning the Inner Shadow off after I changed it. What a pain, thanks for all fo the help!

[jmlevy]

There is an effect on the text frame. Don't ask me why the file creator did it this way, I have absolutely no idea…

Edit: I just read James answer…

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

I am not sure there's any other good way to put a stroke on the bottom of a resizable frame, so the technique is good, I think. But not binding it into a defined Object Style is sloppy. It should not have taken so much raw sifting to find it.

[Jess28445320xylc]

When I get here, it still shows BLACK as the color....

[Jess28445320xylc]

When I get here, it still shows BLACK as the color....