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We have a network file structure and lots of documents in tree have a document template set up. &nbsp;So, two questions. &nbsp;1. Does this really matter? &nbsp;and 2. Can we change these back to the Normal template in bulk, externally. &nbsp;They have thousands of documents and going through and changing them one at a time is a time consuming project.<br />
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The reason this is a problem is when the template cannot be found the document hangs until it times out, which make working with the docs a pain.
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We have a network file structure and lots of documents in tree have a document template set up.  So, two questions.  1. Does this really matter?  and 2. Can we change these back to the Normal template in bulk, externally.  They have thousands of documents and going through and changing them one at a time is a time consuming project.

The reason this is a problem is when the template cannot be found the document hangs until it times out, which make working with the docs a pain.

Changing document templates in bulk

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Microsoft Word

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