I do not understand what file you want change. You wrote:
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I have a blank email open. I enter %include="path".
Does it mean you try to call the macro directly from the open message? This is not possible, the only method to call the template is using macro %QT(template_name) within another template, or writing template name in the message editor followed immediately by <Ctrl><Space> combination.
batshades wrote: I want to be able to change the contents of the named file without changing the template.
What's unclear to me is if that external file is another template or just a text file that you want to include. If it's the latter, you could use the %Put macro instead.
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