unflyingobject

I don't work much with Word files, but when I do, the only major "problem" I have is that if you only have Pages and TextEdit installed, .doc files have a generic-looking white icon. It's easy to fix though:

/Applications/TextEdit.app > Show package contents > Contents > Resources
Duplicate rtf.icns and rename copy to doc.icns
From the Contents folder open Info.plist and into the CFBundleDocumentTypes array append:

<dict>

    <key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>

    <array>

        <string>doc</string>

    </array>

        <key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key>

        <string>doc.icns</string>

        <key>CFBundleTypeName</key>

        <string>Microsoft Word Document</string>

        <key>CFBundleTypeOSTypes</key>

        <array>

            <string>W8BN</string>

            <string>W6BN</string>

    </array>

    <key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>

    <string>Editor</string>

</dict>

Then flush the LaunchServices cache (this will reset all document/app associations so be prepared to be annoyed):

> cd /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support

> ./lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user