you mean like visible selection option available in 3dstudio. i havent found a way to do it, but heres a solution for you. selcect the face you need, then go to a side view and hold ctrl key and drag a box around the rest of the object. this will deselct any faces in the selection square and leave only those you did not select. if you play with this option a little you will see that it gives you a 'depth of selection' control which actually comes in very handy.
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