Programs DISSAPEAR using Spaces on MacBook Air

Just got my new MacBook Air. It's running well for the most part if somewhat pokey at times. I've set it up so that Apple programs open in Spaces 1, Microsoft in Spaces 2, Adobe in Spaces 3 and others in Spaces 4. In the past I've used command/tab to zoom around between programs but that doesn't seem to play so nicely with Spaces. So lately I've been using the control/arrow keys in order to zoom around between Spaces. So far so good.
However, once in a while I'll use the command/tab keys and a given program won't show up at all. Maybe I'm in the right Space, maybe I'm not. I believe I've had it happen both ways. The problem is that even when I navigate back to the correct Space using control/arrows the program still doesn't appear at all. In this situation there seems to be no way to get it back and thus no way to save the work before a force quite - VERY BAD.
Does anyone know anything about this? Does anyone know how I can report this problem to Apple. I'd think they'd want to fix it. It's pretty serious.
Thanks!

Some programs don't work well with Spaces. I suspect the programs that don't are from other companies.
If a program is showing as running in the Dock, you may be able to click on it's icon to activate it's menu even if you can't see the windows of the program. If you can see the Menu for the program at the top of your monitor you can choose to "Hide" the program and then click the program's icon again on the Dock to "un-hide" it.
You can contact Apple by message at
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

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