How to make Word 2004 the default application?

[hkdorama]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC

Hi! I have Word 2004 and 2008 installed on my Mac. But I would like to set the Word 2004 as the default one for opening DOC files. When I try to do that by Get Info -> Change All, it does not work. The same process would work if I try to change from Word to TextEdit or Pages. Does it mean the Word 2008 would always be the defualt one when both 2004 and 2008 are installed and there is no way to keep 2008 but have 2004 as the default one?

 

[Michel Bintener]

Yes. When Office 2008 is installed, Word 208 automatically hijacks any Word
document file associations, and as far as I know, there is no way of
achieving what you are trying to do. It does work on a per-file basis,
meaning that you can instruct the Finder to open specific files to open in
Word 2004 (through the Get Info window), but you can't get it to use Word
2004 (instead of 2008) for all the .doc files on your hard disk.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC

Hi! I have Word 2004 and 2008 installed on my Mac. But I would like to set the
Word 2004 as the default one for opening DOC files. When I try to do that by
Get Info -> Change All, it does not work. The same process would work if I try
to change from Word to TextEdit or Pages. Does it mean the Word 2008 would
always be the default one when both 2004 and 2008 are installed and there is
no way to keep 2008 but have 2004 as the default one?

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

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