Line showing up in my text

[Guest]

I'm relatively new to InDesign. Every time I add text to my document a white line or highlight is displayed behind the text. See the image below. I want the blue background and the pink text, but not the white line. Any idea what's causing that?

[Mike Witherell]

Maybe paragraph rules have been turned on? (Ctrl+Alt+J), either at global default or in a style you are using?

[Steve Werner]

While the text is selected, go to the Control panel menu (at the far right), and see whether you have a Paragraph Rule turned on:

Or you could have an underline applied to the type. Choose Underline Options from the Control panel menu: