Opening Word attachments in Mail 8.0

I often receive email attachments as Word files.
Before, I could open them directly in Pages, by Control-Clicking the attachment, and then choosing the program with which to open it.
Now I'm using Mail 8.0 running on OS Yosemite 10.10. and I can't find the 'Open Attachment With' option.
Is there one?
If so, where did it go?
Thank you,
David Schneider

What seems to work for me is to put the pointer on the attachment, then hold down the control key, and do a two-finger tap on the trackpad.
This gives me the menu I was missing.
I'm guessing that with a mouse, it would be holding down the control key and right-clicking.
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