Although I'm not exactly new to Word, I'm sure my questions would come from
the beginner's box.

I'm running XP Pro with Office 2003.

Question 1:
If I have one or more Word docs open and minimized, and then open yet
another document, the last doc I was working with will be restored before the
one just launched opens. Is there a way to stop this behaviour?

Question 2:
Sometimes, but not always, when I select text with the cursor and then
change the font or bold or change font color for the selected text, Word will
apply those changes to the entire document. I can press Ctrl+Z, and the
document returns to the 'correct' state and I have the results I wanted.
Later, if I make a similar change in the document, Word applies not only the
new change to the entire document, but also the edits I made earlier are
applied.

For example: Say I select a group of text and bold it. The entire document
changes to bold text. Ctrl+Z, and the document goes back to 'normal' and my
selected text is indeed bolded. Then I select more text, and I want to change
font color and font size. I change the color, and the entire document is that
color and bolded. Ctrl+Z again. I then change the font size, and the entire
document changes to the above mentioned color, is bold, and is the font size
I wanted for the selected text.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Tim