Saving a Word Doc directly to Finder
So the Save... dialog box is not as tall as it used to be?

Apple hides the directory structure by default when you first go to save a document and points you to the ~/Documents directory.

To get the listing back click on the downward pointing arrow to the immediate right of the "Save..." or "Save As..." filename. That will expand the dialog box to show the directory structure and allow you to navigate to where you want to go.

Downward pointing arrow location: