I believe thats done in the info pane for the particular file. In the info pane, you can set a particular file type, .xls in your case, to open with a particular app, again, in this case, Tables. Not sure on exactly how its done, but fiddle around with it and you'll probably find easily enough.
On Dec 27, 2013, at 3:34 PM, Eileen Misrahi <eileen.misr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Folks, > > > I created an Excel spreadsheet on my PC and saved it in my DropBox folder. I > opened my Air and when to my DropBox folder and selected the file. When my > Air opened it, Numbers was the default app. I have Tables installed and I > wish to have that app as my default spreadsheet app when opening an Excel > spreadsheet that had been created on the PC and saved in DropBox. can this be > accomplished and where do I go in system preferences to make the changes. > > thanks in advance. > > Cheers, > eileen > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.