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Office Dock is one application in a series of applications I am making to reduce Dock clutter and use very small applications to take the place of many others. These applications are normally around a 100 kb, and use 0 CPU when they are open and idle. To use them you can right click on the icon in the dock and you will see a custom dock menu listing a series of applications you can launch from there.
Making these applications from the feedback I get takes time, I do this as a hobby. If you enjoy using the software, and would like to see them kept up to date and more, and you would like to donate a few dollars to keep them coming please contact me via email.
This one is specifically for Microsoft Office 2004 and 2008. If you want to see some more of these type please email me and give me an idea of some of the applications you would like to see supported.
Site: http://samsoftware-docks.blogspot.com/
Please post comments and take the poll.
Version 1.8: Got a new icon, hope you all like it.
Version 1.6: Added Website link to the Menu, please check it out, it has information about custom docks.
Version 1.5: Updated Menu Items, now the newest version of MSN Messenger will launch instead of having to change the name
Version 1.4: Added support for Office X, done by request
Version 1.3: Added activation support, now if you have one of the applications open in the background, you can use Office Dock to make come to the front.
Version 1.2: Made into an universal binary for the intel users, and it will launch Office 2008 applications as well.
Version 1.1: Added launching support for MSN Messenger.
Mac OS X 10.4 or later with Microsoft Office installed.
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| Developer: | Sam |
| Downloads: | 18,836 |
| - Version d/l: | 8,600 |
| Utilities: | Optimizers |
| License: | Free |
| Date: | 16 Jul 2008 |
| Platform: | PPC/Intel |
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| Office Dock User Reviews (15 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Jul 28 2008 |
GARY ANGELONE I've created a polished icon for this program: http://lucina.dontexist.com/OfficeDock.png
(Version 1.8) | |
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| Jul 16 2008 |
GREG RAVEN You can do a lot of this without any hassle by simply putting Project Gallery Launcher in your Dock. It's already on your disk at MS Office -> Office -> Project Gallery Launcher.
(Version 1.8) | |
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 | Jul 17 2008 |
SAMM Using the project gallery is a waste of time, personally I have never used it, and I have never seen anyone else use it in their docks. if you launch project gallery then you get this other window that you have to deal with, whereas if you use this launcher it is contained to one menu from the dock icon.
(Version 1.8) | |
| Jul 9 2008 |
STUTEMP1 Nice idea, and good that it doesn't eat CPU cycles, but why does it take 15Mb of RAM and 200Mb of virtual memory space just for a little menu app? (according to Activity monitor) For now I'll keep a folder of aliases in the right side of the dock.
(Version 1.6) | |
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| Jul 10 2008 |
SAMM Are you on an intel machine? If so it may be because it was compiled on a PPC machine. It is either that or it may just be your machine for whatever reason, also is it using 15MB while it is idle or while it is launching an application? If you could send me an email of a screenshot of Activity Monitor showing this it would be very helpful.
(Version 1.6) | |
| Jul 9 2008 |
MANICHE First of all: THANKS! Little request: Wouldn't it be possible to add a feature which allows you to hide individual Office apps icons in the Dock when "Office Dock" is used ? That would definitely reduce clutter. In the future one could also imagine resizable app icons inside the Office Dock menu... ;-)
(Version 1.6) | |
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| Jul 10 2008 |
SAMM Hiding them from the dock would also eliminate them from the application switcher and the menubar, I have already looked into this for eliminating the dock applications from the menubar and application switcher but keeping them in the dock, so it seems to me that it is you will either have all the things, or none.
(Version 1.6) | |
| Jul 10 2008 |
MANICHE OK! You're the developper. I believe you're right ;-)
(Version 1.6) | |
| Jul 8 2008 |
MAHOJAS I would like to see the application to be able to show a grid or fan display of the MSOffice applications, instead of just the list option.
(Version 1.6) | |
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| Jul 8 2008 |
ALEXIUSCA I appreciate the author's efforts, but because this loads as a normal application (i.e. it shows up in the command-tab list) it is much less useful than a docked folder or other type of App launcher
(Version 1.6) | |
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| Jul 8 2008 |
SAMM There is no possible way to remove it from the application switcher without removing it from the dock as well. I have contacted Apple and a number of Cocoa developers about this and it cannot be helped.
(Version 1.6) | |
| Jul 8 2008 |
ALEXIUSCA I realize this; you might want to look at what the app Quay does. I realize it resides on the right half of the dock, but it is a great solution nonetheless.
(Version 1.6) | |
 | Jul 6 2008 |
GPSTEIN1 Great app, thanks for your time and effort !
(Version 1.5) | |
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 | Jul 5 2008 |
TOMDOHERTY Earlier problem still exists re MSN Messenger (i.e. Office Dock launches Messenger ...but does not opens the Personal Contacts dialogue box and automatically signs in as would normally happen when you launch it straight from the OS X Doc). All other Office apps work perfectly. Thanks for your continued improvements.
(Version 1.4) | |
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| Jul 5 2008 |
SAMM Could please send me an email containing exactly what happens because personally I don't use MSN messenger, preferring Adium myself, and don't have a working MSN account so I cannot test that exactly, from what I can test it opens MSN messenger and prompts me with an username and password window to login.
(Version 1.4) | |
| Jul 2 2008 |
WHICH BUTTON IS THE ANY KEY? For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three. Anyway, funny thing is for sure Microsoft is going to implement this sooner than later.
(Version 1.3) | |
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| Jul 2 2008 |
JOSDANS You can make a folder with the Office apps as aliases. It will do the same as this app, except it doesn't use any memory. You can paste an icon on the folder to make it look nicer.
(Version 1.2) | |
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| Jul 6 2008 |
CJC1959AU It won't do the same as this app, as a folder will only go into the right hand side of the dock, not the left as this app does!
(Version 1.5) | |
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