Make Preview the Default Reader

I use the Finder to access an ensemble of research documents having different formats - many are pdf's. For reasons of speed and ease of use, I much favor Preview over the Adobe Reader. Unfortunately, whenever I click a pdf file in the Finder, the file is read by the Adobe Reader.
My question: How do I go about making Preview my default reader when I access a document via the Finder?
Thanks for your help.

select a pdf file in finder and enter command+i. in the resulting popup window go to "open with section". select "Preview" to open it and click on "change all".

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