Spotlight does not show anymore where document is stored

I cannot find the folder where I stored the document. in the old version the path was displayed in spotlight.
Thanx for help
Cheers,
Peter

While you have an item highlighted and the preview pane expandes, hold the Command and Option keys and the path will appear at the bottom of the preview.
Regards,
Captfred

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