PageMaker to InDesign - graphics renamed

We're on Mac OSX 10.5.4 and CS3 5.0.3 - recently upgraded from G4s w/OS9 and PageMaker 6.5.
We're a tech. pubs. dept. that has worked in PageMaker since 1991. We have thousands of files, any of which could be revised on any given day. So recreating from scratch is not an option!
I don't see our problem in the forums, so I'm thinking we're missing something very simple : When we open a PageMaker document in InDesign, the links are all renamed, for example "Image 5003.eps". The line art in the art file that has been stored with the document still has the original name, for example, "sideview.eps".
We've tried all the fixes we've found mentioned, including relinking in PageMaker 7 and then doing a Save As to a different file name before opening in InDesign.
What are we missing?

We are having the same problem in our office, but when we tried to use Utilities > Plug-in > Global Link Option it only allowed us to un-embed the graphic images in the document currently open. Is there a way to un-embed the graphics from all the PageMaker documents in a particular directory?
Having to open each document and run this command takes almost as much time as opening the file in InDesign and finding the graphics.
An interesting side note: It appears that InDesign actually knows where the graphic images are because when we ignore the fact that it says links are broken, and just print the file, everything prints just fine. How strange is that??
Any suggestions?

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