Naming Items in the Layers Panel
Back in the day, before a laptop became my main work machine, I used to put sticky notes around my monitor as reminders to do certain things in the files I worked on. Those days are long gone, but there are plenty of ways to add notes and labels to content in your InDesign files.
One way is to use the Layers panel.
To add a custom name to a layer, group, or object, do a slow double-click on it (click, pause, and click again), then type the name you want.
So instead of generic names.
You can have something like this.
Just remember that the Layers panel only shows items on the spread you’re currently viewing. And to remove a custom name in the layers panel, select and delete it, then click away from the Layers panel.
Renaming layers is a great idea!
Another option is Object Notes, a free script by Kerntiff Publishing Systems. https://www.kerntiff.co.uk/products-4-indesign/objectnotes. It works in conjunction with PDF stickies (which allows you to export all these notes as PDF sticky notes), and Note Navigator, https://www.kerntiff.co.uk/products-4-indesign/notenavigator (which helps you to navigate all the Notes within your InDesign document).
‘… the Layers panel only shows items on the spread you’re currently viewing.’
One of the annoying by-products of this behaviour, or so I assume, is that the Layers panel, for tables that extend two frames or more, shows the section of the table in each frame as a separate item and, if the table extends beyond the spread, does not show its frames on other pages. An instance of the Layers panel not recognising stories.
Object Notes looks interesting however the link is not working on their site
@Eugene
Try MegaBundle here: https://www.kerntiff.co.uk/free-stuff