How to make Pages Default App

How do i make Pages my default app and not "textedit".
THANK YOU

smccray,
Welcome to Apple discussions.
You can set any file type to open in Pages, and it’s surprisingly easy: just go to the Finder, single-click on any a file, then type command-I (Get Info). Click on the Open With... menu and select Pages (or navigate to Pages if it’s not in the menu). To make all files of that type open in Pages, click on the Change All button. You can do that with .doc, RTF, .txt, and other types of files.
-Dennis

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This is how I do it in OS 10.5 (Leopard). Should be fairly similar in other versions:
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I understand Peter, but I work with a lot of files, and I'm very visually on it.
Separate kind of files by their aspect is very important for me.
I don´t need that .doc or .docx have pages icon....I just need an any icon, not a blank icon.
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I have just started using pages and i cant seem to work out how to make it the default application to open up the many documents i have.
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You can set .doc files to open in Pages, and its surprisingly easy: just go to the Finder, single-click on any .doc file, then type command-I (Get Info). Click on the Open With... menu and select Pages (or navigate to Pages if it's not in the menu). To make all .doc files open in Pages, click on the Change All button.
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