1. A method for determining an emphasis status of a text item, the method comprising: accessing information related to a stylistic attribute of each of a first plurality of text items; determining a first representative stylistic attribute value of the first plurality of text items based on a first frequency of occurrence of the stylistic attribute in the first plurality of text items of an active computer task; determining a genre associated with the active computer task; for each of the first plurality of text items, assigning a first weight with a first magnitude, the first magnitude being determined based on the genre and the first representative stylistic attribute; accessing information related to the stylistic attribute of a first text item in the first plurality of text items; comparing the stylistic attribute of the first text item with the first representative stylistic attribute value of the first plurality of text items to determine a first emphasis status of the first text item; storing the first emphasis status at least temporarily in a memory device; accessing information related to a stylistic attribute of each of a second different plurality of text items; determining a second different representative stylistic attribute value of the second plurality of text items based on a second different frequency of occurrence of the stylistic attribute in the second plurality of text items; accessing information related to the stylistic attribute of a second text item in the second plurality of text items; comparing the stylistic attribute of the second text item with the second representative stylistic attribute value of the second plurality of text items to determine a second different emphasis status of the second text item; and storing the second emphasis status at least temporarily in a memory device.