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Black lines appearing when placing MS Word document in InDesign CC

New Here ,
Aug 28, 2017 Aug 28, 2017

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I'm trying to place some book interior text from a MS Word Document into InDesign CC but whenever I do these black lines appear. They aren't visible in the MS Word document itself but even when I clear the formatting they still appear when placed in InDesign. I can't seem to get rid of them! Any ideas? Screenshot below:Screen Shot 2017-08-28 at 11.59.40 AM.png

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Community Expert , Aug 28, 2017 Aug 28, 2017

So, click in the text with the Type tool

  1. Edit > Select all
  2. Paragraph panel menu > Paragraph Rules
    InDesign CCss_001.png
  3. Disable Rule Above and/or Rule Below:
    InDesign CCss_002.png

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Aug 28, 2017 Aug 28, 2017

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May be there is an Underline character, try to reset the Character Style to [None]

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Aug 28, 2017 Aug 28, 2017

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Those look like paragraph rules.

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Aug 28, 2017 Aug 28, 2017

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So, click in the text with the Type tool

  1. Edit > Select all
  2. Paragraph panel menu > Paragraph Rules
    InDesign CCss_001.png
  3. Disable Rule Above and/or Rule Below:
    InDesign CCss_002.png

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Sep 18, 2017 Sep 18, 2017

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Thank you SO much, this has been driving me INSANE. Any clue what it is about the word doc would turn those on in Indesign?

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Sep 18, 2017 Sep 18, 2017

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Tough to say without seeing the files but it could be due to the default paragraph setting in InDesign.

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May 18, 2018 May 18, 2018

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but where do i find the paragraph menu? i can't find it!

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May 18, 2018 May 18, 2018

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Hi dorinem38708703:

Window > Type & Tables > Paragraph > Paragraph panel menu > Paragraph Rules

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Screenshot 2018-05-18 09.00.43.png

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Dec 01, 2022 Dec 01, 2022

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It worked! Thanks so much! I imported a program from Word and lines appeared on every page in InDesign.

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