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<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>

<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [

]>

<section id="sn-closing-a-session">
  <title>Closing a Session</title>
  <para>
    Ardour only allows you to work on one session at a time (although your
    computer may be able to run multiple instances of Ardour at one time).
    This means that to work on a different session than the current one, you
    will be forced to close the current session. You can either
  </para>

  <itemizedlist>
    <listitem>
      <para>
        <menuchoice> <guimenu>Session</guimenu>
        <guisubmenu>Close</guisubmenu> </menuchoice> will close the current
        session.
      </para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>
        <menuchoice> <guimenu>Session</guimenu>
        <guisubmenu>Open</guisubmenu> </menuchoice> will prompt you for the
        name of a session to work on, and will then close the current
        session.
      </para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>
        <menuchoice> <guimenu>Session</guimenu> <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu>
        </menuchoice> will open the New Session dialog to collect
        configuration information for the new session, and will then close
        the current session.
      </para>
    </listitem>
  </itemizedlist>

  <para>
    Whenever a session is closed but has been modified since last saved, the
    Save dialog will appear.
  </para>
  <mediaobject>
    <imageobject>
      <imagedata fileref="images/save_session_dialog.png"/>
    </imageobject>
  </mediaobject>
  <para>
    You have three options when this dialog appears:
  </para>
  <orderedlist>
    <listitem>
      <para>
        Save the session before closing it
      </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <para>
        Close the session without saving it
      </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <para>
        Do not close the session
      </para>
    </listitem>
  </orderedlist>
  <note>
    <para>
      If you choose the final option, whatever operation initiated the
      closing of the session will be stopped. For example, if you were
      loading a new session while working on an existing one, no new session
      will be loaded.
    </para>
  </note>
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