It should be possible to create documents templates from older documents simply by opening the DOC file in Microsoft Word and saving it in DOTX format.
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Conversion of doc file format to dotx file format beta
Search for doc to dotx converter or software able to handle these file types.
Convert Microsoft Word document (prior version 2007) to Microsoft Word XML document template.
We have found 7 software records in our database eligible for .doc to .dotx file format conversion.
Microsoft Windows software 
- convert doc to dotx on Windows
Microsoft Word
One of the most popular word processor program from Microsoft Office suite
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Convert from doc file | Yes, Microsoft Word supports doc file conversion as a source file type. | Yes | Yes | doc editor | Yes | No | No | No |
to dotx file | Yes, Microsoft Word supports dotx file conversion as a target file type. | Yes | Yes | dotx editor | Yes | No | No | No |
The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned doc to dotx. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.
AbiWord
A free word processing program, part of GNOME office productivity bundle
TextMaker
A reliable word processor from SoftMaker Office suite
Apple macOS / Mac OS X software 
- convert doc to dotx on OS X
Microsoft Word for Mac
A Mac version of the popular word processing application
Windows Mobile/CE software - convert doc to dotx on Windows Mobile
Word Mobile
Mobile version of Microsoft Word previously known as Pocket Word
Multiplatform software 
- convert doc to dotx on any platform
Apache OpenOffice Writer (OpenOffice.org Writer)
Word processor and text editor from OpenOffice.org suite
LibreOffice Writer
Full-featured word processing and desktop publishing tool from LibreOffice suite
Additional links: Open doc file, Open dotx file
DOC
doc file extension is commonly used for text documents created in Microsoft Word word processor prior version 2003. Word's DOC documents can be opened in almost every (if not every) other word processor, such as OpenOffice.org Writer or iWork Pages.
DOTX
A dotx file extension is used for a main open XML document template format of Microsoft Word. Templates are generally used to save predefined look and settings of documents for quick creation of documents that have same look. DOTX format is a successor to previously used DOT format. Some other word processors are also able to open dotx files, however they wont probably use most of the Microsoft Word specific formatting.
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