The first thing you'll need to do is to select File > New Project... from the menubar, followed by Fiction > Novel in the dialog box that opens. Now we can start asking questions. Question 1: How do I give my book a title? Slow down, you might want to start with a title but Scrivener views this as something likely to be in flux until the end, so the developer expects you to set this at compile/export time rather than at the beginning of writing. To see where you'll set things like your book title, author, etc. go to File > Compile or Option + Cmd + E . Now on the righthand side click on the luggage tag icon (for metadata) and you'll have a series of boxes for setting the title and name. Question 2: What about the rest of the front matter? In the Binder (i.e. the panel on the left of the main window) you will see the Front Matter icon with an arrow next to it for expanding and collapsing. Inspecting the contents of this you will see, for example
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