Opening Window that is in teh Dock

Ok just wondering if there is a short cut key to open a window that has been minimized to the dock? For example when you hit he little yellow button on the top of the Safari window and this sends it to the doc. Is there a way to get it out
without clicking on it with your mouse? Can you Apple Tab to the program then hit something that will bring all its open windows back to the desk top?

I'm not at a Mac right now, but I remembered a feature
which may work.
You can use Full Keyboard Access to change the focus to the Dock and use the arrow and enter keys to open items in the Dock. Full Keyboard access is in Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Keyboard and Mouse.

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Alastair,
I believe that behavior can be attributed to any application with one minimized window. I get around that limitation by using the Hide feature. For example, just use the Address Book>Hide Address Book (⌘+H) command instead of Minimize (⌘+M). Using Apple + Tab will then open the Address Book application window as you would expect.
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