Access info about placed image files in InDesign (CS/CS2/CS3/CS4)

The Links panel isn't the only place you can access vital information about image files placed in your InDesign documents. The Info panel is a great resource too.

Select a page item and the Info panel displays all sorts of things - from the item's x- and y-coordinates to its outer dimensions. You can also find basic information - such as file format, file size, and color space - for a selected image from here. Or choose File Info from the Info palette's pop-up menu to view embedded metadata in the File Information For [filename] dialog box.

Additionally, you can click in a text frame with the Type tool to view the number of characters, words, lines, and paragraphs in the story. Overset text is indicated by a plus sign (e.g., Characters: 270+178).

Lastly, you can change the ruler units to something other than what you have set in Preferences. To do so, simply click on the crosshairs to the left of the X and Y fields and then choose a unit system from the resulting pop-up menu.