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How do I make Word the default program for viewing and editing documents? Currently, I keep getting message that it is not my default.
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
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Hello Nathaniel
I'm Diane, an Office Apps & Services MVP specializing in Outlook, and I’m happy to help you today.
You need to Open Settings > Apps and select Default Apps the Set Default by app. Find word in the list, click Manage. Set it as the default for all of the file types in the list.
You're welcome!
It was a little tricky but thank you so much.