Framemaker 9 PDF exports with red boxes around text areas

Question

I have a doc, made in FM 7, using version 9
When I make a PDF i get boxes around some of the text. It wasn't there during FM design.
example
(see red)
Please help

Answer 1

AxialInfo wrote:
you might consider saving the FM file as MIF and then looking at the MIF using the wonderful freebie MIFBrowser, from Graham Wideman, from here:
Wideman Adobe FrameMaker Topics
to find the problem area do a search for the string that is in the title
"Downblast Centrifugal
Exhaust Ventilator
Roof Mounted
Belt Drive"
although just pasting it here it looks like you might have soft carriage returns in it which will make it necessary to just search for the two-word segments.
After you find the phrase, use the left navigation area to walk "up" the MIF file, looking for the specific structure that those words are in (is it a text box, or rather a graphic frame inside a text box, correct?) Is this an anchored frame, or is it just floating? If it's anchored, where is it anchored?
In the MIF, see if you can identify any odd sounding properties of the text box or graphic frame. The MIF reference manual is a PDF found in the FM documentation folder.
Also, one other possibility is that there's something funky with the red swash that goes across the page that's somehow "contaminating" the text frame. What kind of graphic type is the red swash? Could you take a copy of the FM file and remove the swash and then make a PDF, to see if that solves the red outline.
edit: additional questions: are the swash and the text frame on the body page or on the master page? When Arnis suggested checking for graphics behind the text frame, did you also check the master page(s) as well as the body pages?
Sheila
I tried the program:
<TextFlow
<Notes
> # end of Notes
<Para
  <Unique 1291794>
  <Pgf
   <PgfTag `Body'>
   <PgfUseNextTag No>
   <PgfNextTag `'>
   <PgfAlignment Right>
   <PgfFIndent  0.0">
   <PgfLIndent  0.0">
   <PgfRIndent  0.0">
   <PgfFIndentRelative No>
   <PgfFIndentOffset  0.0">
   <PgfTopSeparator `'>
   <PgfTopSepAtIndent No>
   <PgfTopSepOffset  0.0">
   <PgfBotSeparator `'>
   <PgfBotSepAtIndent No>
   <PgfBotSepOffset  0.0">
   <PgfPlacement Anywhere>
   <PgfPlacementStyle Normal>
   <PgfRunInDefaultPunct `. '>
   <PgfSpBefore  0.0 pt>
   <PgfSpAfter  0.0 pt>
   <PgfWithPrev No>
   <PgfWithNext No>
   <PgfBlockSize 1>
   <PgfFont
    <FTag `'>
    <FPlatformName `W.Arial.R.700'>
    <FFamily `Arial'>
    <FVar `Regular'>
    <FWeight `Bold'>
    <FAngle `Regular'>
    <FEncoding `FrameRoman'>
    <FSize  14.0 pt>
    <FUnderlining FNoUnderlining>
    <FOverline No>
    <FStrike No>
    <FChangeBar No>
    <FOutline No>
    <FShadow No>
    <FPairKern Yes>
    <FTsume No>
    <FCase FAsTyped>
    <FPosition FNormal>
    <FDX  0.0%>
    <FDY  0.0%>
    <FDW  0.0%>
    <FStretch  100.0%>
    <FLanguage USEnglish>
    <FLocked No>
    <FSeparation 0>
    <FColor `Black'>
   > # end of PgfFont
   <PgfLineSpacing Fixed>
   <PgfLeading  3.0 pt>
   <PgfAutoNum No>
   <PgfNumTabs 0>
   <PgfHyphenate Yes>
   <HyphenMaxLines 2>
   <HyphenMinPrefix 3>
   <HyphenMinSuffix 3>
   <HyphenMinWord 5>
   <PgfLetterSpace No>
   <PgfMinWordSpace 90>
   <PgfOptWordSpace 100>
   <PgfMaxWordSpace 110>
   <PgfMinJRomanLetterSpace 0>
   <PgfOptJRomanLetterSpace 25>
   <PgfMaxJRomanLetterSpace 50>
   <PgfMinJLetterSpace 0>
   <PgfOptJLetterSpace 0>
   <PgfMaxJLetterSpace 10>
   <PgfYakumonoType Floating>
   <PgfAcrobatLevel 0>
   <PgfPDFStructureLevel 5>
   <PgfLanguage USEnglish>
   <PgfCellAlignment Top>
   <PgfCellMargins  0.0 pt 0.0 pt 0.0 pt 0.0 pt>
   <PgfCellLMarginFixed No>
   <PgfCellTMarginFixed No>
   <PgfCellRMarginFixed No>
   <PgfCellBMarginFixed No>
   <PgfLocked No>
  > # end of Pgf
  <ParaLine
   <TextRectID 119>
   <String `Downblast Centrifugal'>
  > # end of ParaLine
> # end of Para
<Para
  <Unique 1291795>
  <PgfTag `Body'>
  <Pgf
   <PgfAlignment Right>
   <PgfFont
    <FTag `'>
    <FPlatformName `W.Arial.R.700'>
    <FFamily `Arial'>
    <FVar `Regular'>
    <FWeight `Bold'>
    <FAngle `Regular'>
    <FEncoding `FrameRoman'>
    <FSize  14.0 pt>
    <FUnderlining FNoUnderlining>
    <FOverline No>
    <FStrike No>
    <FChangeBar No>
    <FOutline No>
    <FShadow No>
    <FPairKern Yes>
    <FTsume No>
    <FCase FAsTyped>
    <FPosition FNormal>
    <FDX  0.0%>
    <FDY  0.0%>
    <FDW  0.0%>
    <FStretch  100.0%>
    <FLanguage USEnglish>
    <FLocked No>
    <FSeparation 0>
    <FColor `Black'>
   > # end of PgfFont
   <PgfLeading  3.0 pt>
  > # end of Pgf
  <ParaLine
   <String `Exhaust Ventilator'>
  > # end of ParaLine
> # end of Para
<Para
  <Unique 1291796>
  <PgfTag `Body'>
  <Pgf
   <PgfAlignment Right>
   <PgfFont
    <FTag `'>
    <FPlatformName `W.Arial.R.700'>
    <FFamily `Arial'>
    <FVar `Regular'>
    <FWeight `Bold'>
    <FAngle `Regular'>
    <FEncoding `FrameRoman'>
    <FSize  14.0 pt>
    <FUnderlining FNoUnderlining>
    <FOverline No>
    <FStrike No>
    <FChangeBar No>
    <FOutline No>
    <FShadow No>
    <FPairKern Yes>
    <FTsume No>
    <FCase FAsTyped>
    <FPosition FNormal>
    <FDX  0.0%>
    <FDY  0.0%>
    <FDW  0.0%>
    <FStretch  100.0%>
    <FLanguage USEnglish>
    <FLocked No>
    <FSeparation 0>
    <FColor `Black'>
   > # end of PgfFont
   <PgfLeading  3.0 pt>
  > # end of Pgf
  <ParaLine
   <String `Roof Mounted'>
  > # end of ParaLine
> # end of Para
<Para
  <Unique 1291797>
  <PgfTag `Body'>
  <Pgf
   <PgfAlignment Right>
   <PgfFont
    <FTag `'>
    <FPlatformName `W.Arial.R.700'>
    <FFamily `Arial'>
    <FVar `Regular'>
    <FWeight `Bold'>
    <FAngle `Regular'>
    <FEncoding `FrameRoman'>
    <FSize  14.0 pt>
    <FUnderlining FNoUnderlining>
    <FOverline No>
    <FStrike No>
    <FChangeBar No>
    <FOutline No>
    <FShadow No>
    <FPairKern Yes>
    <FTsume No>
    <FCase FAsTyped>
    <FPosition FNormal>
    <FDX  0.0%>
    <FDY  0.0%>
    <FDW  0.0%>
    <FStretch  100.0%>
    <FLanguage USEnglish>
    <FLocked No>
    <FSeparation 0>
    <FColor `Black'>
   > # end of PgfFont
   <PgfLeading  3.0 pt>
  > # end of Pgf
  <ParaLine
   <String `Belt Drive'>
  > # end of ParaLine
> # end of Para
> # end of TextFlow
I don't see the red in there
I made another pdf, after deleting the red bar (it's a eps.) and the reb boxes are still there
        I'm not using any master.
Thanks for the advice anyhow    
-Matt