Saving files in Numbers

Just upgraded to Lion, but the Save & Save As options are not in Numbers now. How do I Save or Save as now?

Speak for yourself, coocoo. 
Here's a simple example of why this is a "biggy". 
I open and edit a file named database.xml file with TextEdit.  Previously, all I had to do was hit Cmd-S or File>Save and I was done.  Now, my save options are:
Close
Save a Version… 
Duplicate 
Export as PDF…
Revert to Saved
Save a Version creates a new file in the original file location named database.txt  -- not what I need to do.
Duplicate creates a new copy and now gives me the new option of "Save…" which still wants to save a text file and will force me to go through a warning dialogue to save over the original document - which I just wanted to save in the first place.
To add insult to injury, if I opened the file by browsing to it, the finder is pointed to the right location.  But if I didn't, I  have to hunt through my folders and find the location where I want to save the file, change the extension from .txt to .xml, and go through the warning dialogue stating that I'm about to save over a file of the same name.
Again, compare this to the previous work flow:
1. Open the xml document
2. Edit it
3. Click save.
That's it.  No changing the friggin' extension, no new versions or duplication or hunting through folders.  No warning dialogues.
This really is a terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible (I really can't say it enough), TERRIBLE implementation.  SOOOO ANNOYING!  Please give us back Save and Save As...
We went from elegant to byzantine.  This is the kind of crap we'd expect from Microsoft, not Apple.
If you want Save and Save As... back, let Apple know by clicking "Numbers" in the menu and then "Provide Numbers Feedback..."

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