InDesign CS4 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide

The Info palette also gives you important information about the document, text, and placed images.

To see the document information:

• Deselect any objects on the page. The Info palette displays the following information :

  With no objects selected, the Info palette displays document information.

  • Location of the file on the computer.

  • Last Modification date and time.

  • Author as entered in the File Info (File > File Info) dialog box.

  • File size.

To see the text information:

• Place your insertion point inside a text frame.

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  Highlight the text in the frame. The Info palette displays the following information :

  With text selected, the Info palette displays text information.

  • Character in the frame or selection.

  • Words in the frame or selection.

  • Lines in the frame or selection.

  • Paragraphs in the frame or selection.

  Tip

  If there is any overflow text in the frame, the amounts are displayed as a number with a plus sign.

To see the placed object information:

• Select a frame that contains a placed image, or the placed image itself. The Info palette displays the following information :

  With a placed image selected, the Info palette displays placed image information.

  • Type of placed image.

  • Actual ppi (points per inch) resolution of the image.

  • Effective ppi resolution of the image if you have scaled the image in InDesign.

  • Color Space of the image.

  • ICC Profile (if applicable) may also be shown.