Documents folder on dock

I was trying to move a document from "Documents" to another folder and somehow I removed my documents folder from the Dock. I tried to fix it but only managed to remove the "Downloads" folder from the dock.
How do I get those two folders back on the dock? I tried dragging the folders down to the dock, but that didn't work.
Thanks.

Open a Finder window. On the left, click on your User-name folder. Find the Documents/Downloads folder and drag it to the Dock. You need to put it not where the application Icons are, but past the line down near the Trash icon. You also need to drag the folder close to the bottom of the screen before it will stay (or close to the side of the screen if your dock is on the left or right).

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I have added the Documents folder to the Dock, however when I save a document it doesn't appear in the Documents folder on the Dock, only the Documents folder in the Finder. Is this a quirk, so am I doing something wrong?

I like having my Documents folder on the Dock so I added the Documents folder from the Finder to the Dock. When I save a document to the Documents folder, the saved document appears in the Documents folder from the Finder and not in the Documents folder on the Dock. Why is this happening? And how can I change this?

newbieAK wrote:
I opened the Finder, selected Documents, then right clicked and selected Add to Dock.
Oooh. I never new that was there.

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Help?
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