Reinstalling Office 2004 I have managed to make TextEdit the default for
opening .rtf file,s of which I have many (for a particular reason)
- very irritating - can you tell me how to change this so that double
clicking a .rtf file it will open in Word
The same way you make any application the default for any file extension
that it can handle. It's a Mac OS method. (And yes, TextEdit is the OS's own
default default app for opening .rtf files.)
Select any .rtf file on the Finder.
1) Do a "Get Info" on it by any of these methods:
€ File menu (in Finder) -> Get Info
€ Press cmd-I (the shortcut for same menu item)
€ Control-click or right-click (even without selecting) and select Get
Info in the pop-up contextual menu
2) In the Info window, click "Open With" popup button.
3) Select "Microsoft Word" in the popup list. (If it's not there, select
"Other..." at the bottom and browse to it in /Applications/Microsoft Office
2004/ . But it should be there.)
4) Click the "Change All" button just below, that now becomes enabled.
Confirm when asked.
Now all .rtf files will open with Word when double-clicked, and should
display a Word document icon.
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Paul Berkowitz
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PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using -
**2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions
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