That is "by design", for reasons I don't know. In order to open or edit a
dotx template, you'll have to use Word 2007; an earlier version with the
compatibility pack won't do.
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Jay Freedman
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I've found that converting from dotx to docx using the following free converter works awesome. Then you can open the docx file with your current Microsoft File converter.
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