4.2 Closing Files

When a file is opened in VIDA, its contents are loaded into its own individual list. To close a given file, simply right-click on the associated list in the List Window (see Chapter 8) and select the ``Delete" option. This will close the file and remove the contents from the application. However, if an object is present in multiple lists, deleting one of those lists will not delete that object from the other lists. It is important to note that deleting a list, does not affect the actual file that was read.

To close all of the currently loaded files, select the ``Clear All" option in the File menu. In addition to clearing everything that is loaded, this option effectively restores the state of the application to what it was in when the application was started.