InDesign CS4 treats corner effects differently than in CS3

Hello,
I need to fix 4000 inline graphic boxes because InDesign CS4 treats corner effects diiferently than in CS3.
See the problem here: http://indesignsecrets.com/cs4-treats-rounded-corner-objects-differently.php
Because the designers used this trick, I need to fix all the inline graphic boxes in CS4 for a reprint. I'm sure many more designers are going to open their old documents and find the same thing. All my inline graphic frames are suppose to just have one corner that is rounded. Short of selecting every frame individually and converting it to a rectangle, then running the Corner Effect Script on each one, I was wondering if Adobe planned on fixing this issue in a future release.
Thanks,
Rob

Hi Bob,
A script or Find/Change will work fine for one small book, but in checking with some other editorial departments, we have the potential for tens of thousands of pages we will have to adjust, and since these boxes appear every few pages (and most of these pages are seperate documents), you can imagine the impact on production time and cost. We really need something that is a more formal fix.
Going back to CS3 is currently not an option here at McGraw-Hill, as we have just finished the upgrade process for hundreds of users.
Rob

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