My Dock preferences are already set to the "scale effect," but the Formatting Palette for Excel and Word "still" open and close with the genie effect.

Why does this happen when the scale effect has been selected in the Dock preferences window?

Makes no sense.

Microsoft for Mac programs must not conform to this so-called "universal" change for minimizing windows within the Mac. That's why I've tried to change the effect within Excel and Word itself, but I couldn't find a scale effect option within this software.