If there are no other word processors, or if you intentionally keep several word processors installed, you could just clear the option in Word that checks if Word is the default. You'll find it at File Options General: 'Tell me if Microsoft Word isn't the default program for viewing and editing documents.'
- 9 February 2021. Word 365 for Windows now has an even darker dark mode option which changes the page area to black with white text. Until now ‘Dark Mode’ only applied to the ribbon and other interface areas, not the document area. The newly extended Dark mode only changes the look on the edit screen – what Microsoft calls the Canvas.
- Apr 15, 2016 If you often share Microsoft Office files with people using an older version of Word, Excel, or Powerpoint, you might want to change the default file format for saving, so you don't have to.
2. Click 'Default Programs'.
3. Click 'Associate a file type or protocol with a program'.Set Microsoft Word As Default Word Processor
4. Scroll through the list of file extensions. You'll see that all the Microsoft Word-related file types, such as .doc, .docx. and .dot already have Microsoft Word as default. This makes sense, as Word is the creator of these file formats.Set Microsoft Word As Default On Macbook Air
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5. Scroll down to other text-based formats, such as '.txt'. This is the Plain Text format, which also can be opened in Microsoft Word. The default setting is to open text files in Notepad. To change it to Microsoft Word, select it and then click 'Change Program'. Select 'Microsoft Office Word' under 'Recommended Programs'. Click 'OK.' Wait while Windows makes the change. Text files will now automatically open in Word.6. Repeat Steps 4 and 5 for any other text-based files, such as .rtf (Rich Text Format).
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7. Click 'Close'. Exit out of the 'Default Programs' window.