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Automatically open downloaded Microsoft Word documents with Safari

I am using Mountain Lion on a Mac and am trying to force Safari to open Microsoft Word files immediately after download. This seems to work fine in Firefox, but I can't get it to work in Safari.

I have checked the box in Safari preferences to open "safe" files, and I have added the attached document (I changed the suffix to .plist instead of .txt) the the Library | Preferences folder than I found by holding down the Option key while clicking "Go" in the finder.

Even with the added com.apple.DownloadAssessment.plist file added, I still cannot get Safari to open Word documents. Have I put this file in the wrong location?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks
Mark

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karnac2020

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I place that file (with name com.apple.DownloadAssessment.plist in my preferences file at ~/Library/Preferences but files are still being downloaded instead of being automatically opened in Word. Have I got it in the wrong location?

I used Terminal to "unhide" the Library file in /users/mark. Then I found the Library folder and the Preferences folder and put the above file into that folder.

I can't see what is wrong.

Thanks
Mark

EdTechy

That is the correct location. Two things:
As I stated, so far I have not been able to open a file with a .docx extension. It is a different entry that would have to go into than the older .doc files. This did open the .doc
Also, you may have to log out of the computer and back in for the file to take effect.

karnac2020

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I couldn't get it to work, but EdTechy was helpful.