Color Profiles visible in a pallete/panel, like in Photoshop?

Is it possible to view your InDesign document's current color profile? I can see the profile in Photoshop (Info Panel) and in Illustrator (Document Info Panel) but not in InDesign. Is there an easy way to view the profiles of a placed document in any of the panels?
Thanks a lot!

To view a placed file's profile in ID's info palette you have to select the placed file with the direct selection tool (don't select the frame holding the file). If the placed art has no profile you will see the ID doc's profile (which is assigned to untagged placed files).
To view the ID doc's profiles you have to choose Edit>Assign Profiles...
You could also view the InDesign document's profiles via scripting. Save this AppleScript in your scripts folder and assign a key command to it:
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3"
set myDocument to active document
set rgbprof to RGB profile of myDocument
set cmykprof to CMYK profile of myDocument
if rgbprof is "" then
set rgbprof to "None (Color Settings Working RGB Space)"
end if
if cmykprof is "" then
set cmykprof to "None (Color Settings Working CMYK Space)"
end if
display dialog "Documents CMYK profile is: " & return & cmykprof & return & return & "Documents RGB profile is: " & return & rgbprof
end tell

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