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How to get rid of text box borders - InDesign?

New Here ,
Jul 29, 2016 Jul 29, 2016

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Hello

I'm afraid I'm very new to this so may not have the correct language. I have just made a newsletter in indesign and thought the borders of the text boxes would disappear when I converted it to PDF. This isn't the case and it looks very messy. Is there a way I can get rid of them or have I done it all wrong in the first place? Thanks

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Community Expert , Jul 29, 2016 Jul 29, 2016

It sounds like you might have a stroke set by default. First, open the Object Styles panel and find the object style used for text frames (it should have an icon with a T next to the name) and double-click on it to open the definition dialog. Go to the Stroke section and be sure that the color is set to None and the weight to 0.

If it's already set that way, the stroke is an override and will need to be removed manually. Select the text frames and open the Stroke panel, then set the weight to 0.

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It sounds like you might have a stroke set by default. First, open the Object Styles panel and find the object style used for text frames (it should have an icon with a T next to the name) and double-click on it to open the definition dialog. Go to the Stroke section and be sure that the color is set to None and the weight to 0.

If it's already set that way, the stroke is an override and will need to be removed manually. Select the text frames and open the Stroke panel, then set the weight to 0.

Finally, with noting selected, click on the stroke proxy (same proxy appears in the bottom of the Tools panel, in the Swatches panel, and in the Control panel when you have a selection tool active -- it's the little square with the missing center, solid square is the fill color) and reset the stroke color to [None].

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Explorer ,
Aug 10, 2018 Aug 10, 2018

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Hi there,

I am having trouble getting rid of the text box border, I have tried the suggestions above and it seems to of worked on some of them but not others. Please see screenshot below where text boxes are still visible. Please can someone advise how to get rid of these?

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Aug 10, 2018 Aug 10, 2018

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Are those items on a Master Page? If so, you will need to go to the Master Page and edit them there.

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Aug 10, 2018 Aug 10, 2018

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Yes they are on the Master Page but still can't seem to get them to change

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Aug 10, 2018 Aug 10, 2018

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Can you select them at all?

It could be that they are locked, their layer is locked, or the Master Page you are looking at is based on another Master Page, so you would have to go to the other master to edit them.

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New Here ,
Jan 06, 2022 Jan 06, 2022

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Hello, 

I've been dealing with this issue for hours and setting my stroke weight to 0 fixed it. Thank you so much! 

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New Here ,
May 16, 2022 May 16, 2022

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Hi. 

I've been trying to look for the stroke weight setting but i cant seem to find it on my indesign? I havent yet downloaded the most recent update, could that be the issue? The text box colour is blue and i dont know if it will show when i print

 

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May 16, 2022 May 16, 2022

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I think that what you are referring to is the frame selection color but it's better to see a screenshot to be sure. If it is the frame selection color, it won't print. It should be invisible if you switch to preview mode.

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May 16, 2022 May 16, 2022

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Hi 

Thanks so much, I switched to preview mode and the text box did not show. 

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Nov 21, 2022 Nov 21, 2022

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You can also switch to overprinted preview, and it didn't show the text border lines

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New Here ,
Feb 22, 2024 Feb 22, 2024

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The same problem is encountered, but even after doing so [i.e., the solutions given here] the stroke remains. therefore, after several attempts,Stroke around text.jpg I found this solution:

- go to the Paragraph Style [where the stroke around your text has visibility, like a table fine linner], Edit-> Paragraph Border -> deselect Border -> OK

 

Simple...for me now! Good luck!

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