Problem 1:  ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate =
sMyNewFullyQualifiedTemplatePath

results in the following error:

Run-time error '5598'
Word cannot attach a document to a protected template

Problem 2: There appears to be no way to unprotect a template, which
in the case a doc template with many, many form fields.  Leaving the
template unprotected is not an option as I need to prevent users from
messing with the form fields and document layout and I need to have
the form fields function as, um well, form fields.

Here is my code:

Set curTemplate = ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate
Dim sCurTemplatePath As String

sCurTemplatePath = curTemplate.Path & Application.PathSeparator &
curTemplate.Name
   
If StrComp(sCurTemplatePath, sTargetTemplatePath, vbTextCompare) <> 0
Then

  UnprotectForm
  ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate = sTargetTemplatePath
  ProtectForm

  Dim sMsg As String

  sMsg = "Fixed incorrect Clinic Note Template location." & vbCrLf &
vbCrLf & "Old: " _
          & sCurTemplatePath & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "New: " &
sTargetTemplatePath

  MsgBox sMsg, vbInformation + vbOKOnly, "Relinking Clinic Note
Template"

End If

Does anyone have any insight as to how it might get this to work?

Thanks in advance!
--Steve