Place Multiple objects

anyone know a script, plugin or any other way of placing multiple pictures / objects at once the same way Indesign CS3 does?
ie.. selecting 5 epicures and clicking 5 times instead of:
file>place select photo - put in document
file>place select photo - put in document
file>place select photo - put in document
repeat hahaha you see what i mean!! i do this all day
i have searched everywhere
kevin

Have you known of the feature of Indesign of drag and place?
Minimize the page and indesign; select the files to place from explorer all at once; drag them onto a page. Of course if you have Indi v2 or v3.

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