replacement for Office(2002) tool bar

I really like the availability of the Office 2002 toolbar as it gives me one-click access to all the applications which I use. But the ToolBar is no longer available (I recently purchased Office 2007) and I would like to know if there’s anyway to get the functionality of the Office 2002 Tool Bar using some other widget/gadget/mini-app. I’ve tried Google Desktop gadgets but they take up too much screen real-estate. I would like something that creates very small (16×16?) icons which can be “stored” at the side of the screen.