Mtn Lion Mail Formatting Doesn't Work
In Snow Leopard, I lost the ability to format (bold, italic, underline) the text in Mail messages. I lived with it thinking that when I moved to Mtn Lion "something" would get fixed. But I have the same problem in Mtn Lion Mail: I cannot use keyboard commands for bold, italic, or underline, and if I try to implement the commands from the Format menu they work in a confused fashion -- sometimes they work sometimes they don't work at all. But the keyboard commands never work. (Keyboard formatting commands work in all my other apps -- they only don't work in Mail.)
I created a new Test Account on my computer and Mtn Lion Mail in the Test Account works perfectly -- formatting with keyboard or with Format menu commands both work.
I am using the same font for composing email in both my regular account and the test account (Helvetica), but the formatting only works in the Test Account.
Any ideas on why Mail formatting would work in a Test Account and not in my regular Mtn Lion account?
Thanks for any ideas.
Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), 8 gigs RAM