Automatically open DOC's

: i recently deleted office mac cause i havent used it in like a year, but i do still have a bunch of .doc files that i need which obviously open with pages...
is there a way i can just change it so that they automatically open with pages cause right now they open with text edit.. I know i can "get info" on the individual file and tell it to open with pages, but i have probably hundreds of doc files... can i just make it so every doc file that comes in knows it has to use pages to open?

Highlight a known Word document in the Finder, highlight it & choose Get Info from the File menu. In the Get Info box, click the triangle next to "Open With." Click on this drop-down menu & choose Pages. If Pages is not a choice, choose "Other" & navigate to the Pages application. Now click the "Change" button under the text that asks if you want to open all documents like this with Pages. You can then double-click the Word documents & they will open in Pages. Note that the icon for the Word files will have a plain, white icon.

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hi,
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this is very annoying and complicates everyday exchange with colleges,
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best,
jakob

Jakob1233 wrote:
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