Stop Word raising open docs to forefront when opening new docs?

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I have XP 2002 SP3 and I am running Word 2003 and IE 2007. When I open a new
document in Word, Word raises all of the open documents to the top of my
desktop, even if they are minimized.

Also, when I open a new document from a website, if all of the open Word
documents are minimized, Word will highlight an open document in my start
pane and wait until I click on the highlighted document in the start menu to
unminimize it before it opens the new document. Any idea on how to prevent
both of these actions?