OK, I've been doing some testing and can reproduce your issue on Word 2013. In my case, a 'previously minimised' document is brought back to the screen but it appears behind the new document window so it is barely noticeable.

I guess you could write a macro to minimise all windows except the top one but it certainly isn't high on my list of macro must haves.

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Andrew Lockton
Chrysalis Design, Melbourne Australia

This is not as it acts in my case, however. If for example my "previously [opened and] minimized" windows had been originally placed on the right half of the screen, which is what usually happens, then the unwanted, already opened and minimized, window which pops up from the Taskbar on the screen appears on the right half of it while the new window is being opened on the LEFT one, which is annoying because I instinctively expect it appear on the right half and this is where automatically my sight travels and where I confusingly find a different window.

What do you mean by that...?