Using Pages as default application for .doc files

When I double-click .doc files, finder insists on using the MS Word for opening the files.
The only trouble is that I dont have Office anymore. The trial expired (good), and I have assosiated the file in finder to "always open with pages"
Still.. after a little while.. the old bugger is back... cant open error 10066 (or something similar).. and the assosiation to Pages is forgotten...
This is definitivly feeding my paranoia...
I hope I am doing something wrong...

You should also consider uninstalling the Office trial. There should be an Office test run folder in HD > Applications. In there is an uninstaller. It may give an error message that there is nothing to uninstall if you have never run one of the Office applications. You should be able to just drag the Office folder to the Trash if this is the case.
Peggy

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