Thank you very much, Ishe. I did not notice the "other" choice in the contextual menu before. Thanks for pointing that out.
Teresa On May 6, 2011, at 6:14 AM, Chinyoka on Macbook wrote: > Hi, > > When you get to the file, press VO-Shift-M to open the context menu. Arrow > down to ""Open with…". Right arrow to open the submenu you see there. > You will se that there are other programs listed besides OpenOffice which > will be the default. In the meantime, ignore all the programs listed there, > even TextEdit.* Get to "Others…" and press Enter. > You will see that you are presented with a list of programs. Choose TextEdit > from the list. > Tab to the "Always Open with" checkbox and check it on. Then press OKAY. > From now on, it will be the default app to open the file type. > > *Note that if you are tempted to choose TextEdit from the "Open with" > submenu, you will only open the file type for that time only but OpenOffice > will still be the default. > > HTH, > > Ishe > > > On 06 May,2011, at 2:52 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > >> Hi, folk, >> >> I'm trying to set up Text-edit to open Word documents, instead of Open >> Office. How do i go about doing this? >> >> Thanks, >> Teresa >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > Ishe > > Mobile number: +263 772 930 422 > WEB URL: www.chinyoka-educational.com > Skype ID: sunshinechinyoka > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
