Stroke is messed up

I can not figure out how to re-set my stroke.  Every time I try to change my color it is oulined with the the color.   The T shows that it is in the outline mode but can't change it back to normal type.  Using Indesign CS5.   So frustrated and such a beginner...
Please help.

When the T button is pressed it means the stroke and fill settings will be applied to the text, when the plain button is pressed it means the settings apply to the frame.
Select the text you want to fix, make sure the T button is pressed, then choose the stroke and fill colors. If you don't want a stroke, choose the [None] swatch, or set the stroke weight to 0.
To set a new default for text in the current document, do the same thing with no text selected. Do it with no docs open to set the default for new work.

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