Changing Fonts and Font sizes in Microsoft Word A font is a style and design of text. Examine this letter: Now examine this one: As you can see, the two style are completely different. Notice how straight and blocky the second one is compared to the first. The first one has little pointy bits on its edges. The pointy bit is called a serif. Fonts are basically split into two types - those that have the pointy edges, and those that don't. The pointy fonts are called serif fonts, and the ones without pointy bits are called sans serif fonts. The first of the letter e's is the very popular serif font "Times New Roman". The second letter e is the most popular sans serif font "Arial". With Microsoft Word, the font you get if you don't make any changes is Times New Roman. That's because Times is an excellent font to use for your body text. The complementary sans serif font Arial goes well as a heading when Times is used for the body text. Newspapers use this combination a lot - Arial for the heading, Times for the text. We'll do the same. We'll use Arial for the heading of our report, because the body text is all in Times New Roman. To change the font heading to Arial, do the following: Highlight the heading ?Constable Tucker?s Crime Statistics? While the text is highlighted, get rid of the underline by clicking the U icon in the toolbar (The