How to force all pdf's to open with Acrobat

Hi, hope this isnt too silly a question, but how do I make acrobat the default for opening all pdf's as opposed to preview, thanks in advance

It is not difficult. Select a PDF file and then do a "get info" on it. Select, but don't open the file, go to the file menu and selecting "get info", or by selecting the PDF file and using the keyboard hitting the command -I keys. When it opens look for the disclosure triangle in the resulting box that has the title "open with". Select Acrobat as the application to use to open the file and then where there is a button to "change all apps of this type to open with..." select it and that should take care of it.

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