How can I effectively use "Spaces?"

I am going to try this again and see if anyone has any suggestions: Is there any way of disassociating an application's ownership of a "Space" in Spaces?
I want to be able to have, say, different open documents belonging to, say, Word, or Excel, in different Spaces for different projects. The trouble is if I open an application is a space, that space appears to now "own" that application. If I open a document using that application in, say, Space 1, and I then move that window to Space 2 for example, I have a problem!
So I am using Space 2 for Project A and all documents for Project A are in Space 2. Also, in Space 3 I have all the windows for Project B. It is often the case that Word, which I opened in Space 1, now has document windows in Space 1, 2 and 3.
Let us say that in Space 2 I also have a database application open and I do something in its window, when I click on the Word document window - swoosh - I am back in Space 1, where I opened Word in the first place. To get back to my project I must move back to Space 2 where I find the document window is focused and I can work in it. However if I go back to the other window in Space 2, the database window, and then again click on the Word document window - swoosh again - back in Space 1.
Extremely irritating, and makes Spaces unusable.
Any help? I do NOT want any Space to "own" any application. An application is common to ALL spaces, no ownership. In fact, and application is just a system resource like a printer or the clock.
Thanks - Lawrence

Yes, if I do not change apps in the interim I can move from document 1 in Space 1 to document 2 in Space 2 and they are both editable instantly. But now if I go to the document 2 in Space 2 and, while in Space 2 I use a window from some other application, like for example I look at some entry in an Excel spreadsheet, then click back on my document 2 - swoosh, I am moved back to Space 1.
In other words, as an app "owns" a space, if I am to switch back and forth between documents (windows) in the same app, they must all be in the same Space else I am moved back to the Space where I first opened the app.
To me, this is entirely illogical! Why must a Space "own" an application? I should be able to access and use any window from any app in any Space, and stay in that Space until "I" decide to move.
For example I have my usual apps (Mail, Address Book, Calendar, Adium, etc.) in Space 1. Space 2 contains some log files. Space 3 is a project I am working on. All 3 Spaces have Word documents in them. This does not work, yet it seems an entirely reasonable way to work.
I do not understand it.
Thanks for your help.
Lawrence

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