Can I select the inverse of a text selection?

In Photoshop, when I make a selection I can then choose to select the inverse. I'd like to do a similar thing in InDesign CS4, but for text. i.e. make a selection of a certain amount of text, and when I choose "inverse" the remaining part of all text in that text frame (including overset text) is selected.
Why do I want to do that? To get rid of overset text easily. I've been meaning to ask about this for years, and now the time has come.
Sometimes I end up with overset text and I want to get rid of it. The overset text may extend to 50 pages or more. I thought the easiest way to get rid of the overset text would be to select the inverse of the text on the page that I want. Basically, I've got the red overset text symbol on a frame and I don't want any text in that frame other than what's on the page.
I know how to break the thread, and rethread, and all that type of thing: the problem is, there are 50 pages of overset text and I can't select the overset text to delete it. Well, not easily.
Am I in luck with this one?

Eugene Tyson wrote:
In CS5 - with the Story Editor open all the time the text appears rasterised when you type in the Story Editor.
Eugene Tyson wrote:
That's inside the story editor. I'm talking about on the layout.
I'm not seeing it. MacBook Pro Snow Leopard.
Regards,
Peter
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