Kybd Shortcut for CNTRL-click file to get Open With... ?

I need to use CNTRL-click to open files with a different application than they default to all the time, and I am wondering if there is a keyboard shortcut for this? Some variation on CMND-O maybe?
thanks!
-jb

Hello Jeff,
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Obviously you have found the CTRL-Click to get the menu to "Open with..." going.
You want to change a specific filetype to open with a specific app all the time:
Command+I (that's the Apple button+I) to Get Info on the file. Then, in the dialogue box that pops-up, you can choose to "Open With" as well as "Use this application to open all documents like this".
Beavis2084

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