Maverick: doc saving function in Word for Mac

I just downloaded Maverick for my 2010 iMac. I'm happy with it but for one problem: saving documents in my Word for Mac 2008 is a royal pain.
Instead of the good old one-step save process under Snow Leopard's Word for Mac, Word/Maverick now requires a three-step save process: a "Save as" window followed by a "Replace" window and sometimes followed by a window saying "X doc already exists. Would you like to replace it?"
Well, duh. Anyone else having this problem? Any fixes for it? I looked for a patch from Microsoft but no luck.
Thanks and Happy New Year.

Hi,
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