finding lost icon dragged from dock to desktop

Hello,
I am a new user of Mac. I was re organizing the dock and accidentally released the mouse and lost the word icon on the desktop. It has disappeared. When I checked via the finder to locate it I found the title in the application list but the application says that it cannot open as the files are not available. Where is it and how do I get it back. I can see the documents folder via the HD window and they are all still listed however none of them will open.
Thank you in advance
J

Posted on Aug 28, 2005 10:47 PM

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Aug 28, 2005 11:28 PM in response to Joanne Mueller

Joanne,

The icons in your dock are merely shortcuts to Applications. Your dock is modifiable, and thus you can bring new shortcuts to Applications into it by dragging icons in and out.

In order to put your Microsoft Word icon back into your dock, follow these directions:
  1. On your desktop, there will be an icon titled "Macintosh HD". Double-Click on this.
  2. Double-click on the "Applications" folder.
  3. Somewhere in this window, you should see a folder entitled "Microsoft Office 2004". Open this folder.
  4. Locate the "Microsoft Word" icon, and drag it to your preferred location in the dock.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Brian

Sep 13, 2005 2:55 AM in response to Joanne Mueller

Joanne - Brian's description is completely accurate.

However, it seems to me you were able to locate the Microsoft Word application in your Applications folder, yet double-clicking it did not launch Word. Is that correct? If so, you have another problem.

First, I'd make sure the Word application is residing in the Applications folder this way:

User/Applications/Microsoft Office X/Microsoft Word

I've seen other posts where some apps need to be in certain places to work properly.

See if that helps.

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