Four ways to save a project in LabVIEW 8.5 - any difference?

What are the fundamental differences, if any, between all the different ways to save a project under LV 8.5? Example: "Save All" and "Save All (this Project)" under the project File menu.
From LabVIEW Help:
You can save a LabVIEW project in the
following ways:
Select File»Save.
Select Project»Save Project.
Right-click the project root and select Save from the
shortcut menu.
Click the Save All (this Project) button on the Project toolbar. You also can select
File»Save All (this Project) or right-click the project root
and select Save All (this Project) from the shortcut menu.
“A child of five could understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.”
― Groucho Marx

File>>Save will save the current document. So, in a VI window, it will save the VI. In a project window, it saves the project.
Project>>Save Project will save the project associated with the current document. So, in a VI window, it will save the project (if the VI is opened from one). In a project window, it (obviously) saves the project.
The shortcut menus is the same as the File menu Save.
Save All (this Project) saves all open files in the current open project.
Christina Rogers, Senior Software Engineer and UX Technical Lead, LabVIEW R&D

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