The Italics font is extremely frustrating.

Hi guys.
I'm a writer, and I'm having a frustrating time with the italics command.
I don't use italics often… But when I do, I find that pressing "Command" and the letter "i" sometimes results in the spotlight menu popping up.
This is extremely irritating, because I'm usually halfway through a paragraph at this point and I'm just trying to put words down.
All of a sudden, my writing has to be interrupted and I have to turn off the spotlight menu… Sometimes it's not spotlight… but some other completely random menu or panel.
Also, I find that the italics function simply doesn't work sometimes…. Perhaps I've hit the letter "i" before "command" Perhaps I was bouncing between italics and regular font… I honestly don't know… But whatever I did, the computer is somehow confused and will not go to italics anymore unless I copy and past a section of text that has italics in it.
Although the italics is my main issue here… I've also found that pressing buttons too fast sometimes resorts in menus or panels or search bars popping up.
Again, extremely frustrating since all I want to do is get into the world I'm writing about—without having to constantly press the "X" button.
Also, while I'm on the subject….I might as well ask if anyone has some feedback about how I might be able to set up my Pages so that it is more conducive to writers.
For instance, when I want to commit myself to my writing, I try to go in "full screen" mode… But there's always this awful toolbar and sidebar that I have to hide, it's a really frustrating way to start my writing process.
Is there a way to get rid of these awful distractions… Or is there a program that someone else could recommend?

What OS are you using (update the signature/ profile info if it isn't 10.5).
The shortcuts sound odd in what app is 'cmd+i' bringing up Spotlight?
System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts covers all custom shortcuts for the OS, see if Spotlight is assigned to cmd+i
Check the 'app shortcuts' section too for any that may conflict or bring up Spotlight.
You may also want to confirm the same thing happens in another user account, make one in System Preferences > Users & groups, login as that user & see if the same issue occurs - it could be an app that is running in your account if the new user behaves differently.
Also see if you can catch the 'flash of a menu' when hitting the shortcut - it could indicate if the app is responsible for triggering Spotlight. Dig into that menu to examine it's shortcuts.
As to alternatives to Pages…
MS Word, LibreOffice, OpenOffice, AbiWord, Scrivener are 'word processors' (text with a billion other options like images, tables, organisation tools…).
WriteRoom, FocusWriter, Zen are more like 'text editors' and generally allow you to focus on typing words, some restrict how you can style text, so bear that in mind if you need styled output. Don't forget TextEdit too - simple & built in but actually quite effective.
This site is good for finding possible alternatives, use the 'Official site' link to get the app or see more detail.
http://alternativeto.net/software/pages/?platform=mac

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