How to turn off blue dashed line around my text box?

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
August 17, 2022
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I broke Google. I found a similar question from 2016 in here, but that solution doesn't work. I picked up this job from a designer who is no longer at the company. Does anyone know how to turn off the dashed blue — they are driving me nuts?

Thank you for helping to restore my sanity!

—Dimitry

Nothing in the Buttons window:

How to

Correct answer design_deity

I hate picking up design files from designers who don’t know what they are doing. This document is so full of #### I am ready to scream! No worries, everyone. Thank you for your help.

I'm going to rebuild the file. 😐

Brad @ Roaring Mouse

Community Expert

Thse text boxes are defined as buttons. If you don't need them for further use (say in a PDF), you can convert them back to plain text boxes: Right click on any of them, and pull down to Interactive > Convert to Object. Thta should clear it.

Rishabh_Tiwari

Legend

Hi @design_deity ,

Sorry to hear about the trouble. Did you try the suggestions marked as the correct answer in this similar discussion https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/why-is-there-a-blue-dashed-line-around-my-text-box/m-p/8688931/thread-id/29396#M29399?

If not, please try that and let us know if this helps or if you need any further assistance.

Regards

Rishabh

Mike Witherell

Community Expert

Did you rule out the Object Styles?

Is it grouped?

Mike Witherell

James Gifford—NitroPress

Legend

I don't think an object style would make a stroke outline persistent or 'invisible' in the stroke menu unless it was corrupted. But clearing any style would be a good thing to check/do.

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design_deityAuthorCorrect answer

Inspiring

I hate picking up design files from designers who don’t know what they are doing. This document is so full of #### I am ready to scream! No worries, everyone. Thank you for your help.

I'm going to rebuild the file. 😐