Drop Shadows to Normal

Does anyone have a good solution to change Many drop shadows (Effects) from Multiply to Normal?  I have been doing them individually, but would love to be able to select thema ll at once

You can do this in CS4 easily: Select one of the objects with the drop shadow; Select>Same>Appearance Attribute (will select all objects with drop shadow applied); highlight Drop Shadow in Appearance panel; change blend mode.
Don't know an easy way in previous versions.

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