Preview and Adobe Reader

My .pdf files and also Word documents are opening in Preview, which isn't usually a problem, but I have a .pdf file of sheet music that does not come out at all right in Preview. It looked fine when opened on my mother's PC.
Also when the Word .doc is a chart (spread sheet?), Preview makes a big mess of it. At least in this case I can drag the Word .doc to an Appleworks page and then Appleworks will open it properly
How can I change my preferences so that these files will open adobe reader and appleworks when I click them?

L Huffman,
First of all, Welcome to the Discussions!
Try to select one of files in question by clicking once and then press the key combo command + i or go to the File menu and select Get Info.
Once the Get Info pane is open drop down (if not already in the open position) the disclosure triangle next to "Open with:" and change the application that will open "this" file. To change all files of the type make sure to click on the "Change All" button.
That should do it....post back if that is not what you are trying to do.
littleshoulders [:-)

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