How to Add Printable Notes for Editors Linked to Specific Text in InDesign

@hendy_5450

You can create "side / margin notes".

Create a TextFrame, type comment - then Anchor it in the text. 

You can even create a "template" and apply a dedicated ObjectStyle, so your TextFrames will always be on the margin, outside of the spine and with desired width. 

Then, you can make them more "outside" so they'll be on the pasteboard and won't print. 

Additionally, you could maybe ask them to use InCopy - if you trust them enough 😉

You might try Window > Editorial > Notes panel for notes embedded within text.

Otherwise, I often make a Notes layer and set that layer to NOT "Print Layer".

That still leaves you the option to change it to (checked ON) Print Layer if you want to print the words in that layer; but otherwise it would be set to off.

If you don't care about the text reflowing, you can use in-line conditional text. 

If you don't want the text to reflow, you can use conditional text in a separate text frame or as text frame on a separate layer (that can have printing turned on and off as needed). The problem with the separate layer is to make sure everything is on the correct layers.