PowerShell Snippet to create empty Word documents given a text file with a list of file names.

CreateWordDocsFormList.ps1

$docListPath = "C:\temp\doclist.txt"
$docList = Get-Content $docListPath

$basePath = "c:\temp\docListOut\"

$word = New-Object -ComObject Word.Application

foreach ($fileName in $docList)
{
    $outPath = "$basePath$filename" 
    Write-Host "Creating $outPath"

    # Create a new document.
    $word.Application.Documents.Add()   
    $word.Application.ActiveDocument.SaveAs([ref]$outPath)

    $word.Application.ActiveDocument.Close()
}

$word.Application.quit()