3.13 Drawing colored shapes

1. Choose Edit > Deselect All
2. Choose View > Fit Page In Window ans scroll so that you can see the entire right master page.
3. Select the Selection tool and drag a new guide from the horizontal ruler to the 16-pica location.
4. Choose View > Grids & Guides > Lock Guides.
5. Choose Window > Swatches to open the Swatches panel.
6. Select the Rectangle Frame tool in the Tools panel. Position the pointer where the bleed guides intersect outside the upper-right corner of the right master page. Click and drag, drawing a frame that extends horizontally to the spine and vertically to the horizontal guide at the 16-pica position.
7. In the upper-left corner of the Swatches panel, click the Fill box, and then click [Paper] in the list of swatches to set [Paper] as the placeholder color for the frame.
8. Scroll so that you can see the entire left master page.
9. Still using the Rectangle Frame tool, position the pointer where the bleed guides intersect outside the upper-left corner of the left master page. Click and drag, drawing a frame that extends horizontally to the right edge of the 1st column and vertically to the bleed guide below the bottom of the page. Repeat step 7 to fill the frame with [Paper]. Notice that the new frame blocks the placeholder text from view.
10. With the new frame still selected, choose Object > Arrange > Send To Back.
Why can't I do the last two steps in A-grid-footer and other pages?
11. Choose Edit > Deselect All, then choose File > Save.

http://training.sessions.edu/resources/SoftwareDesignTips/current/indesign.asp
http://www.adobepress.com/articles/article.asp?p=472325&seqNum=3&rll=1
http://www.indesignmag.com/Content.asp/id/tipoftheweek-2009
http://books.google.com.tw/books?id=L--zjg7wx7MC&pg=PT116&lpg=PT116&dq=With+the+new+frame+still+selected,+choose+Object+>+Arrange+>+Send+To+Back.&source=bl&ots=Pzw00f_63K&sig=y_xfVrKRacFlfZVuAy6coG2YaG8&hl=zh-TW&ei=-W4XS7TqMtCLkAXP0-naAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=With%20the%20new%20frame%20still%20selected%2C%20choose%20Object%20%3E%20Arrange%20%3E%20Send%20To%20Back.&f=false
http://www.millbury.k12.ma.us/hs/digipub/classlessons/