Importing images created in Fireworks into Indesign

Hello,
I'm working on a Mac platform and I have over 60 images created in Fireworks which will be placed into Indesign CS4. Since I have never worked in Fireworks, this project seemed somewhat daunting. Do I need to save the images in either tiff, eps or some other format (like Photoshop) in order for the images to be imported. In addition, these images involve text editing. How well does Fireworks handle text.
Understanding that Fireworks is a web-friendly tool, how will it affect the image quality when the end result of this project will be printed.
Thanks,
Suta

Unless you began the Fireworks projects using 300 dpi at the appropriate print dimensions, you're going to have noticeable quality loss.
If the Fireworks files are completely vector, you should be able to resample in Fireworks to the appropriate resolution with any trouble. You won't have that kind of luck if you were working with bitmap images, though.
Bear in mind that FW only work sin the RGB color space, so you may see some color shifting once the files are brought into a CYMK color space. The format you export or save should be a lossless format - TIFF would be my recommendation.
Can yo be more specific about your questions about text?
Jim Babbage

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