RH9-CHM file Set twisties open as default

Dear all,
I followed the instuction of Twisties 2 at site http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/twisty/twisty.htm. Twisties 2 work well in my .chm file. But now I have a concern that I want those twisties open as default.
Anyone knows, please help me. Thanks so much.

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