Pages won't "save as"

Hello, I have looked through this forum and can't find my exact problem so am hoping to get some help. I intalled the pages app on my iMac at school where I teach elementary math. I made a graphing document for my fourth graders and tried to "save as". The only option I see is "save". When I hit that, it saved it as "untitled" to some random location - it wouldn't let me choose my saving location. I managed to rename the file, but still will only let me "save" and the screen bleeps like it's saved but I still don't know where it has been saved to without doing a search in finder.
THEN, I edited the document to make it suitable for my third graders, but obvioulsy wanted to save it as a different file. Again, no "save as" feature. I duplicated it and renamed it but it still goes to some random unknown place when I hit the save button.
All I want to do it put it in the right place on my computer so I can find it next year. Where is the "save as" button and why is it not letting me choose my file name and location?
I do not have a trial version of this software.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Dana

You need to tell us both what version of Pages and OSX you are using.
It sounds like Pages 5 on OSX 10.9 Mavericks?
Hold down the option key and go to the File menu and you will see Save as…
You need to turn the triangle in the Save dialog box to see more choices where to save.
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