Change default from Pages to MS Word

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Change default from Pages to MS Word

Hello out there
Could someone please tell me how I can change the default setting of Pages to MS word as all my work is written in MS Word... Having every time Pages opening the documents makes it very tedious to remember to save it as MS Word document (most of the time I forget and the get into problems with colleagues that do not have Pages.....) Hope some one is able to help me with this

Thank you all and have a nice Sunday.... Will be 40+ degree C in Alice Springs today so I stay in

Ingolf

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Jan 29, 2011 4:35 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 29, 2011 5:47 PM in response to Ingolf Eigenwillig

Pages produces .pages documents it is not MsWord. You will always have to Export to .doc or *Save As…*

If you want to always save as .doc, then use *MsWord for Mac, Bean, TextEdit* or OpenOffice which will save to .doc.

If you are having .doc files open in Pages instead of one of the other programs, select a .doc file:

+Menu > File > Get Info+ and change the default opening application.

Peter

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Answer 2

Jan 29, 2011 5:56 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

Hello Peter
Thank you for your reply, not quite what I was looking for....

What I want is to take Pages out of the Default setting and replace it with MS Word.....
How and where can I find the procedure for this?

Thank you Ingolf

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Answer 3

Jan 29, 2011 6:13 PM in response to Ingolf Eigenwillig

Pages is not in any "default" setting.

If you use Pages to create documents they are Pages documents.

If you are trying to open .doc files and they always open in Pages, I told you how to change that.

If you mean something else, tell me what that is.

What applications do you have installed to either open or edit files with?

Do you want to use MsWord? Then you must purchase and install MsOffice for Mac, or use one of the alternative applications I listed, some of which are free.

Peter

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Answer 4

Jan 29, 2011 6:21 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

Hello Peter
Thank you for this....
I have a copy, purchased by myself, of MS Work.... it is installed and works very well, however every time I open a document it opens in Pages.... how can I make it so it opens in MS Word to begin with?

Ingolf

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Answer 5

Jan 29, 2011 6:24 PM in response to Ingolf Eigenwillig

Hello Peter its me again, last time I hope
Have changed the 'setting' and hope that this will do the trick.... lets wait and see

Thank you for your help

Ingolf

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Answer 6

Barry

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Jan 29, 2011 6:38 PM in response to Ingolf Eigenwillig

Ingolf Eigenwillig wrote:
I have a copy, purchased by myself, of MS Work.... it is installed and works very well, however every time I open a Microsoft Word) document it opens in Pages.... how can I make it so it opens in MS Word to begin with?

Hi Ingolf,

Peter has already explained this in an earlier post. Here it is in simple steps:

• Go to the Finder. (press command-tab to select the Finder icon—the blue and white smiling faces)
• Open a finder Window (File > New Window)
• Navigate to a window containing files including some MS Word files)
• Find and select any file whose name ends .doc
• Get Info (Press command-I
• In the Get Info window, find the 'Open with' section.
• Click on the pop-up menu in this section and choose Microsoft Word.
• Click on the Change All button beneath the pop-up menu.
• Close the Get Info window.

• Find and select any file whose name ends .docx
• Get Info (Press command-I)
• In the Get Info window, find the 'Open with' section.
• Click on the pop-up menu in this section and choose Microsoft Word.
• Click on the Change All button beneath the pop-up menu.
• Close the Get Info window.

Done.

Note:
You may need to uncheck a box labeled "Hide extensions" to see the .doc and .docx extensions.

Regards,
Barry

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Answer 7

Mar 30, 2015 4:01 AM in response to Ingolf Eigenwillig

For me here is what I did:

First open the document, next go to menu with controlOption
M. Arrow right to file and arrow down to exports to submenu

From there, you can select PDF, word, plain test, epub,
pages single quote, etc.

In there, you can choose any of those footmat of your
choice. Good luck

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