Hang in word/preview when do a "save as" into a folder

Since upgrading to 10.6 I have noticed that I am having problems with certain applications "hanging" when do a "save as" into a folder found using the search box in the "save as" dialog box. This seem most prevalent with word and preview but also seems to happen with saving attachments from mail.
The most common scenario is you get a word attachment in mail, double click to open it (word 2008) and then once it is open in mail (or preview for a pdf), select "save as", once the dialog box opens search for a folder by name once the folder is found double click on it to open and then do a "save". The file seems to save, the dialog box close and then about 2 seconds later the application hangs with the pizza wheel and has to be forced quite. This is absolutely reproducable in word.
Simply opening a file and doing a save as in the same way seems to have the same problem
Excel and Powerpoint don't seem to have the same problem.
If you manually navigate to the folder you want to save the file into there is no problem.
I have rebuilt spotlight, run repair privileges, run the font book to remove any damaged fonts etc with no luck.
Firstly I would like some people to try and reproduce the problem to see if it is "universal".
Secondly, if not a specific 10.6 bug any thoughts on what might be the problem?

Some further information.
Tried saving attachments from Mail using the above described method on another Mac and had the same hang.
Sequence:
Find an email in Mail with attachments
Click on the little "save" button and select "save all"
When the dialog window opens use the search box in the top right hand corner of the window to search for a folder (any folder).
Double click on the found folder so it opens
Click on the "save" button.
The files save, the dialog window closes and a few seconds later word hangs with the spinning pizza wheel of death.
You then have to force quit word.
Note the files were saved successfully into the selected folder
Looks to me like a clear system bug.
Interested in other people trying this to confirm its existence, so far 3/3 Macs updgraded to 10.6.1 show this bug.

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