Client Question:

How do I change the default application? For instance I got rid of MS Office and now Textedit wants to open up my .doc documents, but I want Pages to open them. And I don't always want to right click to get this to happen. Can't I just change it once and for all?

MacAngel Answer:

Yes you can. Download and install the Preference Pane RCDefaultApp 

Click on the extensions tab then click on .doc. Choose Pages as the default application instead of TextEdit. 

(BTW - This does work in Leopard)