Customizing the Dock

The Dock, which is discussed in Chapter 2, can be customized to include icons for specific documents and applications that you use often. This makes them quick and easy to open any time you need them.

✓ Tips

  • When you press the mouse button down on a Dock icon, a menu with commands or other options that apply to that icon appears (Figures 39a and 39b). You can select a command like any other menu command.

    Figure 39. Pressing the mouse button on a Dock item often displays a menu. These examples show the menu for iChat when the application is not running (left) and when it is running (right).

  • When you press the mouse button ...

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