Assman

I have a few hundred notes in form of plaintext, rich text, and some Word docs, and I've been looking for a way to import these files into evernote so I can have access to them on-the-go and such. Apparently the accepted method of importing these kinds of files is to drag and drop them into the evernote app. Unless I'm missing something, all this does is add the imported file as an attachment within a note; no way to edit the contents or view without an external application. This functionality seems pretty useless to me, and I can't believe there isn't more mention of this in the forums. With EN legacy, dragging and dropping plaintext and RTF files converts them straight into an editable note. Why hobble the import feature in newer EN versions??? Will EN v10+ have a better way to import/convert files into notes?