Finder pops up when changing spaces/desktops in lion

Whenever I change screens on Lion, and I have 2 programs up across the screen (I put Word and Powerpoint half and half), a finder window will pop up in between the 2 programs, especially when it should just be on the background.
To be more clear:
I click on both Word and PPT on Desktop 1 to put it on the foreground (with a finder window on the background), change screens to Desktop 2 and then back to Desktop 1. A finder window will pop up in front of either word or ppt. It's quite annoying. Anyone knows how to fix this?

I think you just have to live with it. That quirky kind of behavior would sometimes appear in Snow Leopard, too - for me anyway. I am not sure if it is a weakness in the OS or a weakness in the Microsoft code's compatibility with the OS. Or both. On the one hand, it could just be that the OS moves FInder to the front in the new space and keeps it in front when you move back. On the other hand, I don't notice such things with my current suite of applications, so I wonder if it's Microsoft.
In any case, it can't hurt to be like Jimi Hendrix and feedback:
Apple - Mac OS X - Feedback
charlie

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