How To Convert Text Item To A Plain Text One?

[cnewtonne]

Hi all,
I created a plain text item by importing a .txt file and made a template out of it. Now, I can insert a child item of this template just fine and it inserts as plain text item.

I would like, however, to convert exiting text items to use this plain text one, but the item template property for the text item does not show the plain text template in the drop down box.

I tried to import my file using plain text template in the import wizard, but the item text arrives blank. if I run same import using text template, the item text gets populated just fine.

How can I convert text item to plain text? What am I missing?

Thank you.