I have OOWriter as my preferred prog. When open my documents PAGES preempts it and makes changes I don't want. How do I change my document writer from PAGES as the "default" program? to OOWriter as the def

I have Open Office Writer as my preferred document program on my MAC. When I open a document, PAGES intervenes and pre-empts it and makes changes to my OOWriter writen document. How do I change the default program that opens Open Office Writer documents from PAGES to Open Office Writer?

Select an OOW file/.doc/docx in Finder > Menu > Info > Open with > browse to OOW > Change all
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