Just curiosity: Format Style Styles...

Hi
I've never fathomed this out, partly because I've only used mail for... mail so haven't felt the need. However, I'm currently attempting to develop an efficient task management activity (a GTD system for those familiar), so am using the To Do's and Notes aspects of Mail (and Spaces) in a serious way now and it's proving really good.
For some reason the To-do's in Notes loose text formatting on a (seemingly at the moment) random basis and if I could create a style to apply it would make this just less irritating until I see the pattern and figure out what's prompting the format loss. I format them to be larger... just for easier reading.
So menu: Format > Style > Styles... brings up a promising but completely obscure (to me) dialogue. *+How does one use the Styles... dialogue?+* Any amount of intuitive attempts, ie: copying and pasting, or clicking seems to yield exactly zilch. I seem unable to either modify or apply these styles. If you know of a resource where it's explained, please point me to it. (I've checked the Mail 'help').
Thanks
Message was edited by: BluePlumUk

Second time I've kind of resolved my own problem...
The dialogue I'm referring to above (the one that reveals itself 'within' whichever window is in focus) is still a complete mystery to me.
However, I've achieved what I needed to. Select a small section of text styled the way one wants it (Font, bold, size etc.,). Then Apple Mail -> Format -> Text.
In the resulting dialogue click on the little cog (bottom left) and choose 'Add to Favorites'. Be ready for Mail to crash. However, on rebooting mail, the style will (presuming it behaves as it did for me) be listed as a favorite in the Format -> Text dialogue. Finally, select the text to format and choose Format-> Text -> Favorites -> Thestylecreated and hey-presto, jobs a good-un...... except for the small detail that the line spacing seems tighter as though it's not picked up...
Hope it helps anyone else.
I'm still intrigued about the other dialogue... is it specifically only showing/dealing with the styles in the window it appears in? I'll test it when I can be bothered or the opportunity presents itself.
Have a good day.

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