Locating a Text File with spotlight??

With recent Updates of OS X, Spotlight simply finds the File but no way to tell where it is. Have tried everything I can think of; but, so far, the only way I have found is to Duplicate and then Move that to the Desktop fromwhich I can then place it where I want it.
the loss of the Save as availability after the initial Save is irksome..
I have little faith in the apple seeds who make these changes, but .. this seems pretty far out and surely others have the problem, too.
appreciate,
Ed

Hold down command and click the file in Spotlight's list.
You can view where it is by holding down cmd+opt while hovering over it.
Also, if you have it open, cmd-click or right-click on the title and it will drop down the path to the file.
To get to Save As, hold down the option key, or export, or duplicate.

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