Why does Excel save with a number added and to the desktop

I have just updated to Maverick and I love it. However, when I amend a spreadsheet in Excel 2008 and save the file it adds a number to the file name and saves it to the desktop instead ofits original location. I find this extremely irritating. Can someone help?

MartinR
I am doing Save exactly as I used to do with Mountain Lion. I have been experimenting and have found a strange effect which is entirely down to Maverick. If I open the Excel file from the Dock and amend it will save it to the Desktop with a number added to the file name. However, If I open the file from its original location and amensd the file it will save it to its original location without changing the file name. I then dragged the original of the file on to the desktop, amended it and closed it and it saved it to the desktop without altering the file name. This is somthing that Apple needs to look into and not Microsoft.
This means that I will have to drag all Excel files that I regularly use on to the desktop and not into the Dock. I have one large and complex Excel file with 60 sheets and regularly save as I work on it. Puting it into the Dock would create a nightmare.
Thanks for your help.

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