A method of creating an electronic document in a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes displaying an electronic document screen, sensing a hover-in event of an input unit when the electronic document screen is displayed, enlarging a size of the electronic document screen in response to the hover-in event of the input unit, creating the electronic document according to a user input on the enlarged electronic document screen, sensing a hover-out event of the input unit when the enlarged electronic document is displayed, and reducing a size of the enlarged electronic document screen in response to the hover-out event of the input unit.