Hi Donna, You can change which application is associated with “MS-Word” documents by locating a Word document you wish to open. Hit VO + Shift + M to open the context menu. Go down to “Open with”, and press right arrow to access the submenu. Once in the “Open with “ menu go down to “other”, and hit return. Locate the application you wish to open the file with using the up and down arrows, in this case, “Text Edit”, now VO right arrow until you find “always open with”, check this box, and VO right until you reach “Open”. Your Word docs will now open in Text Edit. I hope this is of some help. Have a great day.
> On Sep 22, 2015, at 10:32 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi Anne, > > As always, thank you! Do you know if there is a way to configure the Mac so > that Word files automatically open in Text Edit rather than Pages? > thanks, > Donna >> On Sep 22, 2015, at 10:15 AM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: >> >> Hello Donna, >> >> You can open Word files in TextEdit so, for the Pages files, export them as >> Word then you can open them in TextEdit and save them as RTF. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> >>> On 22 Sep 2015, at 16:06, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> The documents in question are either Word or pages docs. I didn't think >>> you could open those in Text Edit. Can you? >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>>> On Sep 22, 2015, at 8:41 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries >>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I think you are correct. Could you skip Pages and open your document in >>>> TextEdit and then export to RTF from there? >>>> >>>> CB >>>> >>>> On 9/22/15 9:26 AM, Jamie Pauls wrote: >>>>> It is not possible to either directly save a file in RTF format or export >>>>> a file in RTF format. If this has changed in a later version of the app, >>>>> I will stand corrected. >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>>> On Sep 22, 2015, at 7:34 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I have tried numerous times to do this without success. Is it possible? >>>>>> If yes, I would appreciate any tips any of you can provide. >>>>>> TIA, >>>>>> Donna >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
