Template.OpenAsDocument (Word)

Opens the specified template as a document and returns a Document object.

Opening a template as a document allows the user to edit the contents of the template. This may be necessary if a property or method (the Styles property, for example) isn't available from the Template object.

Dim docNew As Document 
 
Set docNew = ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.OpenAsDocument 
 
If docNew.Content.Text <> Chr(13) Then 
 MsgBox "Template is not empty" 
Else 
 MsgBox "Template is empty" 
End If 
docNew.Close SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges