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Reading Chapter 3 I learned a little more about computer technology then I did before. I learned how to explain the role of an operating system and list the main operating systems used on today's computers. I learned that a user interface controls how you enter data or instructions and how information is presented on the screen. A graphical user interface combines texts, graphics, and other visual cues to make software easier to use. The advantages of software suites are that it makes it easier to install programs because you are able to install an entire collection of applications versus one application at a time.

Having recently working with the SAM2000 program I am much more aware of the helpful uses of Microsoft. I use Microsoft very often and for pretty much everything but I hadn’t realized how many tools the program contained. I learned how to change fonts and put them on curves, change colors for things, inserting photographs. So many different extra things that make Microsoft more fun and it also made it so that I didn’t need any other programs.

I would like to share with the class about the essay I am writing for my article and essay workshop. I am writing about animal cruelty. So far I have touched on the cosmetics industry and animal testing. I hope to inform my readers about animal cruelty and I hope that before they purchase a product they will check the label to see if animals had been tested in the making of this product. I would also like to find out if the price of a product has to do with whether or not they test their product on animals.