ICloud keeps changing system settings

Hi all,
Sing moving to Mavericks, I have noticed that there are miscellaneous settings being reset by iCloud. For example, if "Documents and Data" is checked, I get all my text shortcuts i use on my iPhone on my Mac. hOwever, it cheeks changing the Finder's view settings, so that it orders things by date instead of name, and it keeps bringing back iTunes Helper and dropbox, no matter how many times I delete them from my login items.
At least, I am assuming that it is iCloud doing this. It is similar to starting to write a note or an iCal entry, and then the update to iCloud erases the note that I had open.
I really don't want to go through and work out all my shortcuts. Not because I'm lazy, but because this should just work. However, the frustration of navigating the Finder when all the columns reorder themselves as I am browsing is a headache.
So my question is this: What OSX settings are stored by iCloud? I want to know the list of unmentioned settings that are synced, so I can note the settings as they are, remove iCloud sync for Documents and Data, and then reset all my settings.
I should mention I don't have any documents that upload to iCloud under Documents and Data.
Thanks for your time and help!
Regards, Kieran

Hi Diane, thanks for your reply!
I am interested in turning it off, but I would like to know what settings are synced first. There are quite a few bizarre problems in Mavericks, and as my professional bread and butter software takes almost a year to update to Apple's notorious fast paced update cycle, I will be stuck with Mavericks for a while, so I am keep to find out (and understand) rather than disable the parts of the software that don't make sense.
Concerning the view settings, it might simply be that the way they operate in Mavericks is different from Mountain Lion, because of the tags. The problem is that I set (for example) the Application folder to arrange by name and sort by kind, while every other folder is set to arrange by kind and sort by tags (I use column view by the way). I have found that the application folder won't stay arranged by kind, it changed to tags too. But further, even when in tags, things are subsorted by name. While browsing in column view it automatically changes to date modified, and if I open another window and then go back, it remembers what it is supposed to do. It seems to be that rather than remember the settings per folder, either it reorders the folder when opened, or it gets permission to view from somewhere that updates the preference, which is why I assume iCloud has its hand in it. It has the same feel as when iCloud updates a note I am working on, or a contact and wipes the changes I have made.
When I first set up my account and linked it to my Apple ID, Documents and Data was turned on. The Keyboards>Text system preferences miraculously recalled all my shortcuts/text replacements. I turned off Documents and Data in iCloud and these disappeared. When I logged out and logged back in, Documents and Data had switched itself back on. I left it, and now I want to know all the preferences it has its sticky fingers in. I don't wish to guess or discover why something isn't working the way I expect, based on my experience with Mountain Lion. It is hard to find an explicit list of the details, and it seems to be strange that operating systems need to be dealt with by trial and error, rather than reading the relevant document.

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