MS Office 2011 strangeness and Mountain Lion

I think this is a ML issue, since I hadn't seen it before I upgraded to ML. There are times when I start my iMac (with Excel and Word left open, with open documents) that either Excel or Word will generate a "ghost window". This window is found in the same location as one of the windows I had left open, and only becomes apparent if I move the window. The window is identical to the active window, but is greyed out, and has the spinning whatever on it (The same symbol that appears when the computer is starting up). I cannot activate the "ghost window", nor can I close it, as the entire window is greyed out. The only way I can get rid of this "ghost window" is by quitting the application and restarting it. Anyone have any idea what's going on?
27" iMac (Mid-2010, 3.6 GHz i5, 4 Gig RAM, OS10.8.2, running MS Office 2011, with all the latest updates.
Thanks in advance.

Wish I had an answer for you... but I do feel less lonely knowing someone else has the exact same issue! 
My "ghost" window appears when closing any Office 2011 file.  I get the darkened window, the same size as it was when open... and the spinning "wait" symbol.  I can even move the window around the screen by clicking and holding on the top of it.  But when I look at the open files in the application (Window menu), there are none.  I can even do a File, Open Recent, and open that file again... but the "ghost" window will still be there.  The only way to get rid of it is to close the app then open it again.  Very strange.  Started about four'ish weeks ago.  I had put another 8GB of memory in my Mac and thought that was it.  So I removed the extra memory... but no joy!  Still doing it.  I assume it was an Office or OSX update... or a video driver update.  But I don't know how to update, or "roll back", the hardware drivers on a Mac.
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