# 3.4. The difference between Text Edit mode and Frame Edit mode

It is important to realize that most documents consist of two separate but often interrelated components:

1. The content: Which consists of text you enter through the keyboard, the pictures you have on your hard disk, the data in your spreadsheet, etc.

2. The layout: Which consists of how the information is given to the reader. Multiple columns, boxes surrounding text. italics for emphasis, etc.

This same division exists when using KWord.

KWord has two modes of operations:

- Text Edit Mode

- Frame Edit Mode

Text Edit Mode is most commonly used for the entry of the content of the document. In Text Edit Mode, you enter text from the keyboard, cut and paste from other applications, build tables for your data, etc.

Frame Edit Mode is most commonly used for the layout of the document. Using Frame Edit mode, you can adjust the width of text, resize pictures, etc.

This is not to say that you will never enter content from Frame Edit Mode, and never alter layout in the Text edit mode, but most of the time, you can consider the STUFF

You can enter Text Edit Mode by: Tools->Edit Text or by pressing F4 or by clicking on the Text Edit toolbar button ()

You can enter Frame Edit Mode by: Tools->Edit Frame or by pressing F5 or by clicking on the Frame Edit toolbar button ()

Now that we have discussed the differences between DTP and Wordprocessing templates and introduced the differences between Text Edit Mode and Frame Edit Mode, we can begin the tutorial