Quark doc to InDesign doc

Hello,
I'm fairly new to InDesign (CS3), and I need to change a Quark (v7.3) doc to a ID doc.
I must be looking for the wrong terminology in ID's help file, but I can't figure out how this is done. I'm pretty sure it's possible, even if there's a lot of realignment work to be done.
Any pointing in the right direction will be most appreciated.

www.markzware.com.
You'll need to buy Q2ID to open that file. Buy it, install it and after
that just use the file open command.
ID can only open Quark 4.x and 3.x files natively.
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