Showing Inset Spacing lines without having to select the object in Preview Mode in InDesign.

[christianb5949572]

Hi!

I would like to know if there is a way to show the Inset Spacing lines without having to select the object in Preview Mode.

When selected:

When not selected, I would still like to see the Inset Spacing lines:

Thanks!

Chris.

[christianb5949572]

I've been asked by a moderator to ask a completely different question on this same thread.

This will obviously confuse people. So I hope you will be kind enough to answer both of my questions here. Thanks.

MY SECOND QUESTION: Hiding selection/bounding box

I would like to know if there is a way to hide the selection/bounding box/edges of a selected object in InDesign because it bothers me when I work.

In Illustrator, I can do View > Hide Bounding box + View > Hide Edges. But in InDesign, I hid everything I could, and nothing works:

Thanks!

[Laubender]

Hi Chris,

the answer to both of your questions is: no.

Regards,
Uwe

[christianb5949572]

Thank you!

[Barb Binder]

Hi Chris:

As you surmised we would be, I'm baffled by this request "I've been asked by a moderator to ask a completely different question on this same thread." I can't figure out why a moderator would ask you to do that.

That said, you can hide Frame Edges in Normal mode (they are hidden automatically unless a frame is selected in Preview mode), but no, you can't turn off the bounding box as you can in Illustrator. If a frame is selected, the bounding box will be visible, in any mode. The frame inset display is only visible when a text frame is selected. InDesign is a frame-based application, Illustrator is not—the interface is similar but accounts for the differences.

~Barb

[christianb5949572]

Thanks to you too!