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Text boxes got an unwanted background color

Engaged ,
Jan 15, 2019 Jan 15, 2019

Hello

I don't know how I ended up getting this, but every text box in my InDesign project got a blue background color:

Screen Shot 2019-01-16 at 9.47.55 AM.png

I couldn't remove it after checking through the View and Window menu options — nothing seems to have changed.

It would be appreciated If someone could tell me how the box can be removed.

Thank you in advance.

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Community Expert , Aug 19, 2020 Aug 19, 2020

"In Design likes to apply pre-determined styles."

 

A best practice is that you create and use styles for all text. If you choose not to, turn off the "Show Overrides" button that I marked earlier. It looks like this:    [+]

 

~ Jane

 

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Community Expert ,
Jun 09, 2022 Jun 09, 2022

@windycitycretive_2024 wrote:

I am now having the exact same problem,


 

Select your text frame and look at the fill control (Control, Properties, Swatches.... panel). What is the fill color? Can you change it to none? Show a screen shot if you don't see it.

 

It could also be a paragraph shading, paragraph rule, or underline (character).

 

Jane

 

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New Here ,
Dec 12, 2022 Dec 12, 2022

I just fixed it by going to Character Style and click on / off this [a+] button.   

 

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New Here ,
Jun 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023

AMAZING!!!! I was trying everything and wasn't work until I found yours. Thank you so much for sharing this!

 

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May 21, 2025 May 21, 2025
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Ohmygosh! Thank you for this!! I was going crazy.

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