Note: We have included screenshots of Excel. However, if you want to make the change in Word or PowerPoint, you must follow the same steps. The list of file extensions will be different as per the app ...

In the Mac OS it is possible to change the default program the operating system will use to open a file when you double-click on it. After you have changed this file association, though, you may want ...

Not all third-party file managers have built-in settings to set them as the default file manager on Windows 11. You can make them your default file manager by running a reg file. You can also use ...

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Chris Capossela, who runs product management for the Office family of products, dropped by to see me to dribble out more details about the next version of Microsoft Office (currently dubbed "12"), ...

Want to make sure photos open in Photoshop, web pages open in Chrome, and text files open in Word? You can control which app launches when you open a file on a Windows PC or Mac. Here's how to set ...

The overwhelming majority of USB flash drives you buy are going to come in one of two formats: FAT32 or NTFS. The first format, FAT32, is fully compatible with Mac OS X, though with some drawbacks ...

Changing the default printer driver to PDF lets files created in Word 2010 format properly in Word 2007, but the only permanent solution is to revert to Word's old default format. Dennis O'Reilly ...