Making Application Windows Individually Selectable

Hello all,
Is there any way to set up Lion so that application windows are individually selectable, and do not trigger the display of all windows for a given applicaiton? As a default, when I am working with two word documents open and I select a Firefox window, then return to my primary Word document, the secondary word document appears and covers the Firefox window that I'm working with. I'd like to have the secondary word document stay behind the Firefox window until I need it. I know I could minimize the secondary word doc, but I have a tendancy to forget that minimized windows are open.
I'm working on combining a lot of information from different sources to make a class outline, and I'd love to be able to individually select an applicaiton window without triggering the other windows that are open for that application. Is there a way to make this happen in Lion or with a third-party program?
Thanks for any help!

Office has had a history of doing that, at least from what I've seen on my Mac. The whole Spaces/Expose/Mission Control seems too much for the Microsoft SE's to handle. Even if I invoke MC, pick the document I want frontmost, Word still finds another to bring forward.
I haven't noticed that type of behavior in anything else.

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