A great comment indeed. It sucks when the reply is a short comment. I hope mine doesn't suck.
Answer 1. No, the Cheetah bot detects content that is similar to the content that is available on the internet. Copy pasting others' work is a problem (plagiarism). Your own work will not be flagged.
Answer 2. There are three editing options on Steemit. I use visual or markdown editor mostly and html at times.
*Italic*
Italic
**Bold**
Bold
I hope your problem is solved by the link above.
That's awesome, thank you so much.
I think with the italics I was over complicating things using html.
Keep your education posts coming, they're super helpful!