copy of Word template corrupted - what to copy now?

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Dave Gehman
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copy of Word template corrupted - what to copy now?

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My Word-Template-Topic-Text-Indent-US.docx no longer works as a Publish template. It appears to be corrupt as the output is 3 pages (of 77) and mostly unfilled fields.

I worked from a copy of that template in my Projects folder.

However, I now also see $helpman-word-helper-macros.dotm and ~$elpman-word-helper-macros.dotm in the Projects folder, which I don't think I copied.

Can I just delete the bad DOCX and bring a fresh copy into Prjects?

What should I do about the two DOTMs?
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Re: copy of Word template corrupted - what to copy now?

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Hi Dave,
Can I just delete the bad DOCX and bring a fresh copy into Prjects?
Yes, that's fine. Word files are Babylonian monsters inside and trying to repair or adjust anything in them manually is generally an exercise in frustration (a DOCX is actually a normal zip archive that can be unpacked with any unzipper if you change its extension). As a reference to this, the DOCX specifications are somewhere in the region of 7,000 pages... 8)
What should I do about the two DOTMs?
Don't worry about them. They're generated automatically by Help+Manual when you publish, and they're only needed for auto-updating the fields in the Word file the first time you open it. It's done like this to ensure that all macros are kept out of your Word file.
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Dave Gehman
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Re: copy of Word template corrupted - what to copy now?

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Thanks as always. 123
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