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Set TextEdit As Default App to Open Word Docs

November 1st, 2007 by layle

To set Text Edit as the default application to open Word docs, Option or Right click on the Word document and select Get Info from the contextual menu. In the Get Info window, click on the ‘Open With’ disclosure triangle. Select Text Edit as the application from the pull-down menu, and finally click on Change All to always open Word docs in Text Edit.

One Response to “Set TextEdit As Default App to Open Word Docs”

Peter Di Fronzo Says:
December 8th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Thank you for the tip.

I am a pc user that hasn’t used macs since before OS X was introduced and now I’ll be able to help my mother view the documents she gets from people who have been able to afford Microsoft Office when she can’t.

:)