Making old Word version default

[Andrew Dyall]

Hi
I've just upgraded to a MacBook Pro. It came with a trial version of the
new Office suite which I've decided not to buy. The problem is that now the
default application for opening .doc files is the new version and I have to
individually change each file back to the old version Word:mac 10.0.0

How can I make the old version the default for all .doc files? There is an
option, when I change each file, to change all... But this does not work.
When I click it I then get a dialogue box saying Are you sure...yada yada...
And when I click continue, even that file goes back to the new version as
default application

Thanks in advance,

Andrew

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Andrew,

First: Repair disk permissions using the system's Disk Utility
(Applications>Utilities). You should always do this after removing or
installing new software.

Now try to Change All again. If it still doesn't work, post back.

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[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Andrew:

Eeeewww.... I think I would go up, if I were you

I think you will get all manner of "issues" trying to run Word 10.0.0 on a
MacIntel.

I am sure you can get away with it if you have a high tolerance for pain.
But the lack of Unicode support and lack of long file names will raise the
pain level quite "high"

Cheers

Hi
I've just upgraded to a MacBook Pro. It came with a trial version of the
new Office suite which I've decided not to buy. The problem is that now the
default application for opening .doc files is the new version and I have to
individually change each file back to the old version Word:mac 10.0.0

How can I make the old version the default for all .doc files? There is an
option, when I change each file, to change all... But this does not work.
When I click it I then get a dialogue box saying Are you sure...yada yada...
And when I click continue, even that file goes back to the new version as
default application

Thanks in advance,

Andrew

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Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

 

[Andrew Dyall]

Hi Beth

I'm afraid that did not work

Any other ideas?

Thanks

Andrew