Make Word the default viewer

Hello all
I have iWork installed, as well as Microsoft Word. I ust iWork for flyers and advertisement stuff, and word for notes. How can I make it so that all .doc documents open up by default in Word? Right now they're opening in Pages.
Thanks so much in advance
Bryan

Select a .doc file and Get Info (Apple-I). From the "opens with..." drop down, click on select application Word and choose the always use this application option.
Also, when you want to open a .doc in Pages, you can ctrl-click the document in the finder and select Pages from the Open With option, instead of opening the file from within Pages.

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