Advanced frame content scaling

Hi all,
as a professional user of InDesign CS3, I'm in the dire need of a functionality which I'm not sure even exists. Here my problem:
For a particular job, I need to import multiple images in frames organized on a grid. When done, I need to scale the content of all frames (direct selection tool) a the same time. Now here's how InDesign behaves:
- When I select the content of only one frame, the scaling percentage shown is the percentage of the real print-size of imported material in that particular frame. Fine.
- Now if I press Shift and proceed to select the content of the next frame, this percentage turns to 100%, regardless of anything. Fine.
- If I change this percentage, say to 120%, all the "contents" wil be scaled proportionally, which is what I want. Fine.
- Now here's where it hurts: all the "contents", when going through this transformation, use a common transformation origin; which means that those which are far from the origin partially or completely disappear because their position gets modified, and thus they move partially or completely out of the frame.
I would like the transform action to use per-frame origins, that is, every content would use it's own frame's transformation origin.
I hope my question is clear enough...
If yes, has anyone a solution?

Wow, you're fast.
Right! Using "Transform again individually" does it.
I knew it well from Illustrator (or its close equivalent). I should have thought about this one... Still it's kind of awkward to have to make the transformation and then repeat it. But it's better than not having it at all!
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