FM9 - boxes around lines in PDF

I just recently switched to FrameMaker 9 and when I PDF my document, I am getting boxes around my line tags. I use a map title to create "blank lines" for the learners to write their answers. But, the lines are PDFing with a box around each of the lines. I didn't have this issue in FM7 or FM8 and I don't know what the problem is. I've tried to PDF using "Save as PDF" and "Save as.. " and I get the same result. Does anyone know what I can do? Is it a setting issue?
Also, if I print using PDF Creator, the lines don't show as stated above, but I have a different issue...several of the map titles go away. such as the header, the footer, the numbers in my step/action tables, etc.

Aletha,
This is a probably a stretch but something to check.
I am guessing that the lines exist on the document's reference pages, so that the user can add the line above or below a paragraph. If the line is an imported or copied graphic file, it is contained within a frame. The frame can be larger than the line. This may also be true of lines created in a frame with FrameMaker's graphics tools. The containing frame adds space around the line.
The point is that this frame has an edge that you can color (apply a pen pattern). The suggestion is that maybe, somehow, the frame edge was given a solid pattern. If so, you simply need to select the frame and set the pen pattern to NONE.
Again, this may be grasping at straws, but can be checked.
Van

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