[Macpartners] changing default application in Mac OS X 10.4.1?

[Allan Doyle]

It's under Get Info. Select a .xls file in the Finder. Then control- 
click (or right click) and choose Get Info.

In the panel, a bit more than 1/2 way down, there's an "Open With"  
section that lets you choose what application to open the file with.  
Choose Excel, then also click the "Change All" button.

	Allan

On Apr 25, 2008, at 4:09 PM, Alicia Hunt wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm running Mac OS X 10.4.1.   A month or so ago I installed Open
> Office for a specific use.   Now, every time I click on a .csv, .tab
> or even a .xls  that is not specifically associated with Excel (i.e.,
> it's icon is blank, not an excel icon) it opens the file in Open
> Office.  I can ctrl-click on it and choose excel,  but I forget and
> it's annoying to have to close OO and then open Excel.
>
> How can I change the default application for these files back to  
> excel?
>
> thanks,
> Alicia
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