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Update Word template programmatically
It is possible to manually apply a new Word template via the following steps: Open the Word document you would like to apply the template to, then click File > Options to open the Word Options...
I share this struggle. I recommend looking into a path OUT of Microsoft to a more abstracted content type like ASCIIDoc or extended markdown. It is hard. I suspect that the process needs to have some human intervention, not a massive batch processing. I have not achieved it yet, sadly.
My post is not a solution, but sympathy.