Changing format of all graphics files is very cumbersome - how to make it less so?

Hello,
This problem is happening in FM 8, running on Windows XP.
I have recently converted all the image files referenced in a book, from one format to another. When I open a chapter (.fm) file in that book, FM looks for the graphic file that has been referenced in the first frame it finds (I import all graphics by reference). It opens a navigation dialog so I can locate the missing file, at which time I select the new file instead. Unfortunately, I have to do this over and over, for each graphic referenced by the FM file. Isn't there a way for me to tell FM to look for the same base filename, but with a new extension? A default file type for imported files? Is there a way to modify the .fm file itself to change the reference to the imported graphics? Having to tell FM the new filename for every graphic in the book is cumbersome and time-consuming (and I will be doing the same thing for about 75 manuals!). If FM can remember the location of an imported file and look for subsequent files in the new location, can't it do something similar for file types?
Compounding this problem is the fact that when the navigation dialog opens, the files in the current folder are automatically listed in "List" form, and are not in alphabetical order. If there are many graphics in that folder, it takes extra time to hunt for the desired file, so I usually change the listing format to "Detail" and then sort on "Name". But even that takes time. Are there defaults I could set so that the folder's contents are listed in the navigation dialog in the format I choose? I'm not even sure whether this is a FrameMaker or a Windows issue, so I don't know where to look for option settings. (I have poked around in FM options dialogs, and also the help files, but haven't found any references to this.)
Help with even one of these would save me a lot of time.
Thank you!
Joyce Wermont

Error7103 -
Thank you for a quick response. I just tried this, and it seemed to work - I was able to edit the .mif file and change all the format extensions. Then I opened the .mif in FM and it looked OK, it loaded the correct graphic files automatically, and there didn't appear to be any scaling problems. But when I tried to save it as an FM doc file, it wouldn't allow that. Error message: "Filenames ending in .mif cannot be saved in Document format". I used Save As, btw. But it didn't work with plain Save either.
It sounds like you've been successful in saving .mif to .fm - any tips? Again, I'm using FM 8.
Thanks,
Joyce

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