Making Pages the default program for opening text documents

How do I make Pages the default program for opening text documents? Every time I open a text doc it launches in TextEdit. This must be an easy fix, but I can't seem to figure it out.

Select a text document > Menu > File > Info > Open With > Browse into your appliCations folder > iWork > Pages > OK > Change All…+
Peter

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