Yes.
Here's some code from one of my macros that should give you a start.
With ActiveDocument
.UpdateStylesOnOpen = True
.AttachedTemplate = sTemplatesPath & sTemplateName
.UpdateStylesOnOpen = False
.AttachedTemplate = sTemplatesPath & sTemplateName
End With
This attaches the template (described in the variables) updates the styles
and then turns off the updating of styles.
Hope this helps.

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> Is there a way to change to a different template and activate Update
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