Open downloaded documents in Pages (will only open in TextEdit)

When I open a document (Word) from the downloads stack on the dock it opens in TextEdit. I've set Pages as my default word processing program (by going into Finder, selecting a Pages document, and selecting that all documents are opened with Pages) but downloads continue to open in TextEdit.
Could someone please help with this? I've followed 2 sets of instructions from public Mac help strings but the system persists in opening documents in TextEdit.
Thanks. Appreciate your time.
Alex.

Probably the same instructions:
Find a Word file > Right click > Get info or File > Get info.
On the get info window > Open with > Set to *Pages app*. Then tick the button marked *Change All.*
S.

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