Save As Function Problems

Hi Guys
I hope you can help me, I'm fairly new to the MAC version of Excel and have always previously used Windows.
I recently purchased a MacBook Air and am really happy with it apart from the fact that when I try to save an Excel document to a specific folder it doesn't let me choose that specific folder, it only gives me a handful of options for where I can save. Can
you tell me a fix or give me some advice on how I can expand folders further when using the Save As function as with Windows?

Hello,
The current forum is for Windows-based developers and Excel specific programming questions. I'd suggest asking non-programming Office for MAC related questions in
the corresponding forum thread instead.

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