Very stupid question -- how do I delete old word processing documents??

I have a zillion old word processing documents stored away. Many of them are old school projects my kids did, and I would really like to clean house. But I can't figure out how.
Going to "File," clicking on "Open" to get the list of all documents, then highlighting a document and hitting "delete" (which is pretty much what you do in WordPerfect) does NOT do the job. Nothing happens.
I ask this very basic question because the Appleworks "Help" feature on my machine doesn't give an answer, and neither (as far as I can tell) does the pdf Appleworks manual on the Apple site. I'm at a loss. Can anyone give me a hand with this?

Deleting files from a dialog whose purpose is to open
them is not the Mac way. Simply locate the files in
the Finder and drag them from their folder to the
trash.
Thank you so very much! I've worked in Appleworks on one computer or another for two years and have exhausted every research item I had trying to figure what should be a very simple action. AppleHelp sure doesn't address it nor does The Missing Manual for Appleworks. How simple - but how impossible to know unless someone told you. And, yes, this is the Mac way.
Thanks again!

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