I imported IE bookmarks and Firefox only saved a tiny fraction of them.

I have read the other explanations but am not clear on how to save bookmarks as an html file - there seem to be steps missing in the explanations or I'm just not getting it. Would like to stop using IE but need the bookmarks. Thanks in advance for any help!

In IE: 
File > Import/Export - Export to HTML file
''then in Firefox:'' 
Bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks -> Import & Backup - Import HTML... = From HTML file

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[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/xmarks-sync/ https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/xmarks-sync/]
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