Boundary lines showing in PDF

I hope this is the right place to post this. If not, would someone tell me the best forum on which to post it?
Some of my finished PDFs have boundary lines showing around--or sometimes even within--text boxes filled with color. The files were created in InDesign CS4 (same problem happened with CS3, however), and I've tried making PDFs all three ways (using the utility within ID, using Acrobat Pro 9, or using Distiller 9). I can eliminate the lines around the text box by using the "create outlines" command, but nothing I do in ID takes away any lines that appear within the text box.
I have also tried using different settings on Distiller (X1-a, standard, high quality, etc.). "Standard" and "Smallest file size" take away the lines.
Any suggestions and/or explanations would be much appreciated!

Please repost this to the appropriate InDesign forum. Your question has nothing to do with the "PDF Language and Specifications" but rather, issues associated with flattening transparency within InDesign and yielding a suboptimal PDF file.
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I hope this is the right place to post this. If not, would someone tell me the best forum on which to post it?
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I have also tried using different PDF creation settings (X1-a, standard, high quality, etc.). "Standard" and "Smallest file size" take away the lines.
Any suggestions and/or explanations would be much appreciated!

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I have done quite a bit of research before posting this however if I missed an article about it feel free to link me. I have designed artwork that uses lots of colors and lines. Everything was pretty much designed with lines and shapes and then I used live paint to paint in certain sections. The artwork looks perfect when exported as a GIF and it appears fine in Illustrator. The problem happens when I export the document as a PDF. When I export it as a PDF, tiny white lines show up where I have invisible lines in Illustrator. These invisible lines were put there in the first place so I could have set regions for the live paint without them showing. I'm not sure why they are showing up when I export.
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The last one is how it appears in Illustrator.
These are going to be printed for cover art and more material but as of now I need a nice PDF to send out so it can be zoomed in.
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