Path in Spotlight

Can someone tell me how to find the path to a file in a Spotlight search result. In Snow Leopard I would get the path to a file or folder by just holding the mouse over the search result in Spotlight. I don't see that in Lion.

Hold down option and command. You will see the path at the bottom of the preview window.

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Hi Tony,
It is curious that your solution did not work for me. When I hit ⌘⌥, nothing changed. It still shows
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hi dominic.
thanks for the help and the links.
there is something terribly lacking in mac UI with respect to this unless i am missing something. if i do a search in Spotlight i see results and even when i see the file i want to know something about i have to OPEN FINDER which shows a ton of results (including hundreds if not thousands of eml file that i have to call mac and probably pay to find out why they are still showing up when prefs in Spotlight say to not show them...) and only then can i actively select the file and have it show a file path at the bottom of the finder window.
this is maddening. isn't there an option to show this information in Spotlight or to show this information WHEN THE FILE IS OPEN (apologies for the caps). i mean, if i have a file open, maybe i don't know /where/ it came from for some reason.
for instance, if i am in a hurry and i open the file directly from Spotlight i can edit it and save it but i still have no idea where it resides on my hard drive. similarly if i open a file directly from spotlight and DUPLICATE a file and i want to save it as Version 2 - i have to - - - - well i guess i have to run another search for the file i just opened and am working upon in order to just save the dang file to the same location the original is in?
i mean, the links are showing that i should open Get Info but i think i need to see the file in finder to run this command anyway since i have to right click on the file itself.
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hi dominic.
thanks for the help and the links.
there is something terribly lacking in mac UI with respect to this unless i am missing something. if i do a search in Spotlight i see results and even when i see the file i want to know something about i have to OPEN FINDER which shows a ton of results (including hundreds if not thousands of eml file that i have to call mac and probably pay to find out why they are still showing up when prefs in Spotlight say to not show them...) and only then can i actively select the file and have it show a file path at the bottom of the finder window.
this is maddening. isn't there an option to show this information in Spotlight or to show this information WHEN THE FILE IS OPEN (apologies for the caps). i mean, if i have a file open, maybe i don't know /where/ it came from for some reason.
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hi dominic.
thanks for the help and the links.
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Version:         800.12
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