Opening/importing m4a files

I have a large number of audiobooks as m4a format files. When I open them in iTunes they appear as music files in my library. Is it possible to set iTunes to recognize m4a files as audiobooks?
Thanks for your help.
Paul.

Thank you, one and all, for your responses. I have already been doing what you suggest, but you have missed the point which prompted me to make this posting: LARGE NUMBER of m4a files (note: LARGE >= 200) - I have halted after 25 or so awaiting an alternative. So back to my original question:
Is there a way of instructing iTunes 12 to recognize m4a files as audiobooks and NOT music (so that I don't have to alter each one's GET INFO>OPTIONS manually)? It seems this is a default in iTunes but I can't seem to see where this might be changed (an ini file, perhaps, or a registry setting?).
Paul.

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