Make artboard from (indesign) rectangle

Hey all.
The new artboard features in CS5 are supercool, but I have a small issue, thinking there might be some magic solution to:
When I copy paste rectangles from indesign, or open an EPS or PDF with rectangles made in indesign, I cannot
"make artboard from selection". Though the transform properties of the original object wasn't rotated.
Reason I don't just want to draw new rectangles is, I have a lot of them, I carefully snapping etc. will take a lot
more time than just copy pasting in place and making art board from that.
Any way to "freeze" the object or something like that?
Best
Morten

Object --> Expand. It is more likely, though, that you may need to use the Release Compound Path and Release Clipping Mask functions to get a selectable contour that can server as a criteria for the artboard from selection...
Mylenium

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