Displaying focus points in LR3

Hi all
Is it possible to display focus points in Lightroom? I switched to Lightroom from Aperture, which used to let me do this, so I guess the information must be stored in the EXIF data somewhere.
Many thanks

The focus points are in the metadata, and can be made available in Lightroom via ExifMeta. You will have to learn where AF-point "C6" lies on your photos, by comparing metadata with focus point display using your camera software, until you make a cheat sheet or memorize it. But, it may be good enough until the super-groovy AF point displayer plugin is ready...
Rob

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    Have Ape

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    HenrikP wrote:
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    Perry Smith wrote:
    Can LR 4 or LR 5 display the focus point used by the camera?  It is in the metadata but did Adobe dig it out and create a nice display for it?
    No,
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