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How to stop an iMac (Ventura 13.6.6) opening docs in Pages?

I'd like documents that arrive as attachments via Mail to open as Word documents, but they've started opening in Pages and I can't find a way to stop this. I've tried selecting a document without opening it and using Cmd I, as suggested by others, but nothing happens. Any advice would be great.

Posted on Feb 20, 2025 4:55 AM

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Feb 20, 2025 5:07 AM in response to Drumly

You need to press Command+I, and then change "Open with:" to Word. Then click the "Change All…" button.

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Feb 20, 2025 5:08 AM in response to Drumly

Just to add, you should update to Ventura 13.7.4.

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Feb 20, 2025 10:16 AM in response to dialabrain

Unfortunately, pressing Command+I does nothing.

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Feb 20, 2025 10:24 AM in response to Drumly

That's command+i. If that doesn't work, choosing Finder > File > Get Info should work.

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Feb 21, 2025 1:18 AM in response to Drumly

Drumly wrote:

Unfortunately, pressing Command+I does nothing.

In case it was not clear, that was meant to be done with one of the docx files selected in Finder.

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