When using Microsoft Word 2011 on a Mac PowerBook running 10.9.4 I am unable to use the Command-Open command to open more than one file at a time. I can open each file, one at a time, but if I drag several files and drop them on the Word icon or use Command-Open, only the first two files open.
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Same problem with Pages: cannot open multiple .docx files using Command-Open or by dropping files on Pages icon.– wbericsonCommented Jul 27, 2014 at 7:42
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Is your setting to open in NEW window ?– RuskesCommented Jul 27, 2014 at 9:15
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How big are the documents? Does it make any difference if you only open several small files?– Alistair McMillanCommented Jul 27, 2014 at 12:04
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File size doesn't matter. I can open one at a time but if I have a folder with twenty .docx files and select them all and enter Command-Open or drop them all on the Dock icon only the first one or two files open.– wbericsonCommented Jul 27, 2014 at 13:13
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@wbericson Does this affect other applications? If you select multiple XLS files and try to open them in Excel does it only open the first two?– Alistair McMillanCommented Jul 27, 2014 at 15:16
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This seems to be a bug in either Word or the OS. I've seen this behavior since Lion at least, and have been dealing with it myself just today. Have you tried re-associating file types for Word documents? After setting .doc and .docx files to open in Word by default (Get Info --> Open with --> select or re-select Word, then click Change All), I can launch multiple files again without any problems. It may not be a permanent fix, but it works for me.
If you hadn't mentioned that this affects Pages as well I would blame MS Word, but given this, and that reassociating files seems to help, it sounds like an issue with the way the OS is handling these file types.
