Open Word documents in Word (not Pages)?

I have a MacBook. Last week I bought Microsoft Office for Mac. I would like to open documents sent in Word to be opened in Word. But my mac converts them to Pages. Help please?

Hello, Niel,
Thank you for responding! I followed your clearly given directions. But if I press "Change All", does that mean ALL of my Pages documents stored in my MacBook will be converted to Word? I don't want that to happen.
My question stems from the fact that most senders of attachments use MS Word, PowerPoint or Excel. My Mac opens them as Pages, Keynote, or Numbers. If I edit a document, I then have to convert them back to Word, PowerPoint or Excel. It's a royal pain.
Can I set my mac so that when I try to open an attachment, it opens it per the original software, e.g. PowerPoint opens as PowerPoint, not as Keynote?
I don't want all of my Pages, Keynote, or Numbers documents stored in my mac to be changed, just any new documents that are sent to me as attachments. Hope this is clear.

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