A few quick shortcuts for rotating objects in your InDesign object
Rather than selecting your object and using the Rotate tool in the Tools panel, simply move your cursor to just outside the corner of your object with the Selection tool to reveal the hidden rotate icon – then just click and drag the mouse to rotate.

This doesn’t work in CS4, but I’m finding that nothing works very well in CS4. I hate it. going back to CS2 or 3 so I can work faster and more efficiently.
how to easy rotation and move the object in indesign