How do I stop Pages automating things?

The biggest problem I have is Pages automatically doing things I don't want it to do. For instance:
I start a new table and the top two boxes are coloured grey.
I try and use the = symbol in a box, and it turns it into a calculation.
I use bold in a box, and it decides I want the next box to use bold bold text too.
Is there any way to just get it to do what I want it to do, rather than what I've done before or thinks I'm going to do?
Thanks.

Thanks for the reply.
Surely there must be a way to remove the table header (and it goes onto the next page too). It's not a very common look, and so why it is put by default in every table Pages produces. I've discovered that it's fine to remove it after it's appeared, but it would be nice if it wasn't there at all.
As regards the = symbol, again disappointing that it's acting as a spreadsheet rather than a table. Amazingly, I'm beginning to think Word is better for me in this regard is it 'helps' me less when I work.
And, as is the way of things, I'm not able to reproduce the bold text issue. But the way i fix it is it highlight the whole of the row and remove bold, and that fixes it.
Thanks for your help.

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