Anchor markers in ID5.5

Is it possible to have a thread showing where images are anchored, similar to text box threads? I have a document with many images and it gets confusing when I can't tell where the anchors are. Thanks.

Same command -- Show text threads. Or if you just wnat to see the anchors, but don't need to see the connection to the anchored frame, show non-printing characters. Neither works in preview or overprint preview mode.

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