Problem Corel Draw .eps files

I'm building a 1-color book in InDesign CS5. The illustrator generating the art files for this book is supplying .eps files created in Corel Draw. She says that she's greyscaling the art but when I load it into InDesign my preflight says that the art is generating cmy plates. I can fix it by saving the .eps in Adobe Illustrator and greyscaling it myself, but I'm wondering what is the disconnect between Corel Draw and InDesign. Is there some way I can use her files or is there some settiing she is not using that will make these art files read as one color (black)?
JB

Thanks for the quick response! I don't know the Corel product very well, nor
am I adept in Adobe Illustrator.
If I open the .eps file in Illustrator how can I view these extra channels
if they exist?
jab4jab

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