The idea of putting an arrow right next to the save button, just rendered the whole program unusable for my father. It is very difficult for him to point the cursor strictly to the center of the button, away from the "danger-death arrow" in order to save the file. I understand that he is computer illiterate, but I promised him: "You will only type your text and hit the save button". I just stripped every button from the toolbar leaving the "save button" in the center. No way!!! After losing his work twice due to random infinite clicking in order to "click an save the file" he keeps asking for Microsoft Word in his Windows '98 old box. It is not only "the save button that cannot save", it is also the bottom toolbar that by accidentally clicking anywhere in it, pop ups appear which certainly lead to the ravage of this user's experience. Ok, I can instruct him how to avoid clicking on the bottom of the screen. It is almost insulting to tell him that "although this seems to be a button, it is a button that you should not click on its right side" ... because he cannot see so clear! Help?
This is not a bug report, neither an enhancement request. So - closing INVALID. As for the question: you might customize the toolbar, and add the "Save Document" (sic!) button instead of "Save". The former doesn't have the drop-down part. Also: I assume that you meant Writer, not BASIC (i.e., you meant the text document component, not the programming language and IDE used for macro creation). Please revert my changes if you believe they are incorrect; if so, then please describe your reasons to do that. Thanks!
OK, "Save Document" is in Tools > Customize > Toolbars > Add (<- Bold) Thank you!