In most of the built-in project templates, you'll find a 'Templates' folder* in the Binder containing documents that have a small 'T' icon affixed to them. Document templates, on the other hand, are documents you can create within a project to which you can assign template status.

Project templates, as discussed above, are pre-populated Scrivener projects that contain items which may be useful for beginning a manuscript of a certain medium. There are two types of templates that you may want to play around with in Scrivener. If there is anything included in the template that you don't particularly need or that doesn't fit with your workflow, you can go ahead and move it to the Trash, or make the necessary changes to that item so that it suits you better. It also includes Character and Setting sheets in the Templates folder, which you can use to begin jotting down ideas about the people and the world you're creating. For example, the 'Novel (Parts)' template comes with a pre-structured Binder that includes Part and Chapter folders, as well as Scene documents within them. Templates are especially helpful for new Scrivener users who aren't sure how they might use the Binder to organize their work, or who would prefer to have some simple document templates available to them upon getting started. The template will gently guide you through the process of organizing and writing for a particular form or medium in Scrivener. These templates are fully customizable, and are not designed to constrict you in any way, but rather to give you a starting point. This window includes all of our starter templates, such as Novel, Documentary Script, Poem, or even Recipe Collection. When you first open Scrivener, or when you use the 'New Project.' command from the File menu, you will be met with the following Project Templates window:

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