Changing to a spot color in a logo placed in an indesign document

Creating a docement in ID where I have placed a logo created in AI. is it possible to make the logo color a spot color in ID?  I am using CS6 in creative clous on a PC running windows XP.

Why not change it in Illustrator?
Since you're using Creative Cloud you should be aware that the new
applications will not install on Windows XP. The minimum configuration
is Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.
Bob

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