Importing Word 2007 into RH8

Hi,
It used to be very easy to import a Word document into RoboHelp if it was styled. Every Heading 1 would start a new topic.
Now It doesn't seem so easy - in fact I can't seem to be able to break up a document into topics at all.
Also, the images in the document are not importing. Did they ever? I don't remember.
Thanks for any help,
Marion

In the dialogs when you import you will see an Edit button. Click that and you can set which styles create new topics.
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