Make Pages default program to open my MS Word docs

Hey friends,
I'm new to Apple World and I'm trying to figure out how to make Pages the default program to open my old MS Word docs. Right now Text Edit opens it.
Thanks a million!

Hi Chris,
This is how I do it in OS 10.5 (Leopard). Should be fairly similar in other versions:
Find a .doc file using Finder (Open your hard drive and navigate to it through your folders)
Click to highlight the file
Go to File > Get Info or type Apple-I
The 4th section down gives you the option to choose an app to open this file with. Select pages.app
Click the Change all button to get all your .doc files to open in Pages by default.
That should all work as described; please write back if it doesn't!

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