How to Best Import QuarkXpress 8.0 Files into InDesign CS5

Folks,
Searched the forum, but I'm only finding info on older versions of Quark and InDesign.
I've got a ton of end user documents in QuarkXpress 8.0 that I need to import into InDesign CS5. (These are installation and operation manuals for data and telephony modems with lots of illustrations and diagrams in them.) I just downloaded the trial version of InDesign CS5 and could use some help.
The import procedure (for the older software) looked to be quite cumbersome. I'm hoping that InDesign CS5 is more capable and efficient at importing QuarkXpress files. I also read about Q2ID by Markzware. Does that product work with InDesign CS5, or is it even necessary with InDesign CS5?
Any advice and guidance will be appreciated. Got to get started soon!
Thanks for your help!

Hello Joel,
Thanks for your comments. I've done enough conversions in the past 25+ years as a tech writer to know that I will be faced with some clean-up efforts after the import.
My Quark template is pretty simple... one big text box on the right-hand side of each page (landscape), leaving the left-hand side of each page for my illustrations and graphics to be placed.
I think my biggest conversion problem is going to involve these graphics. Many of them have text callouts (in text boxes) with arrows (made with Quark graphics) pointing to the proper spot on the illustration or graphic. I'm wondering how well those will all convert and import. I do have them all grouped in Quark. By that I mean that one graphic and all of its associated text callouts and arrows are grouped.
I guess I'll find out!

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