Change default application when opening files in ubuntu

As always, after reading a certain post on the Ubuntu Forums, the answer was so easy and obvious. To change the default application for opening files of a specific type, do the following:

1. Right-click on a file of the type you wish to set a default application to open it with
2. Select Properties
3. Select the Open With tab
4. Select the application you want associated with that file-type
5. Click OK