Can't import from Entourage into Mail

I'm trying to import my Entourage 2008 email into Apple Mail 6.0.  Everytime I try I get an error message, "Error - Unable to connect to Microsoft Entourage.  Try opening Microsoft Entourage first, then run the import".  I tried that and it didn't work either.  I exported my Entourage data as a .rge but then when I try to import it, there is a nested duplication of all the folders from Entourage. And I've got too many emails/folders to drag them.  Any ideas or suggestions?

This is too late for Norm, but incase anyone else is having this problem, it may be due to having Office 2011 installed (ignore if this is not your case).
I would find the same error on trying to import from Entourage, and after digging around a bit, tracked the problem to having Office 2011 installed. Once I completely removed Office 2011, the import worked fine.

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