Thanks, Chris, this is good to know. Cheers, Donna > On Sep 22, 2015, at 2:39 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > You can also find that in the Info box (command-I) on any file. After all the > usual stuff about size and name will be the Open With menu where you can > change to whatever app you want for that file. Just after that will be a > Change All button which will make all other files of that type open with the > selected app. The contextual menu might be a bit easier to navigate but I > remember this one easier. > > CB > > On 9/22/15 1:31 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: >> Oh, that's awesome! thank you! I had looked for this in system prefs, and >> not found it, so thanks for pointing me in the right direction. >> Best, >> Donna >>> On Sep 22, 2015, at 12:01 PM, Pablo Sandoval <paulsandova...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> 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? 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