Not sure this is right, it depends quite where we are in all this.

The original poster typed "file" in the dash which apparently opens something
called file manager. That's not familiar to me, but I and seemingly other
respondents in the thread have assumed it means Nautilus. Certainly the search
facility in Nautilus matches the OP's complaint, that it doesn't make it easy to
find out where the file is. And certainly a right-click in Nautilus will help,
once you select Properties.

But it ought to be a lot simpler. I realise manufacturers are trying to shift us
away from worrying about where files are stored, but for those of us who have
long been familiar with the concept it's scary.