Hello, 

For some reason, Microsoft decided that Windows Mobile Standard Edition users (previously known as Smart phone users) do not need to create new documents on their mobile devices using the Office Mobile suite.  Just so you know, Pocket PC users (now called Professional users) have had this functionality since day 1.

One rather simple solution that will take up less than 42kb of storage space on your device, is to create a blank MS Word and/or Excel document on your PC, mark it as Read Only, and then copy the file to your Smart Phone.  Doing this will allow you to simply select the “New Word Document” template when you are ready to create, rather than merely edit a piece of work.

These steps are done with Office 2003 because Office Mobile for Windows Mobile Standard Edition devices do not support Office 2007 at the time of this writing.

The following steps assume that you wish to create a new MS Word document:  Read the rest of this entry »