Breaking text threads in CS5

I am trying to break a text thread and have followed the Adobe Support directions (below). None of them work, at least they don't for me. If I double-click a port, it just creates a new text box threaded to the previous one. Under Type I don't even see any option for Threaded Text. Can someone help please? I end up having to manually copy the text out of the rest of the thread and paste into a next text box and I know there has to be an easier and better way.
Remove or break threads
Select a linked type object.
Do any of the following:
To break the thread between two objects, double-click the port on either end of the thread. The text flows into the first object.
To release an object from a text thread, choose Type > Threaded Text > Release Selection. The text flows into the next object.
To remove all threads, choose Type > Threaded Text > Remove Threading. The text stays in place.

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Do a search first. This has been discussed.
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