Copying editable text to other apps

Hi all,
I'm having a little problem that I can't find an answer for anywhere. I had CS2 on my old Mac PowerPC (10.3.9) and upgraded to CS4 on a new iMac (10.5.8). In my old set-up when I selected text from Illustrator and copied it to another app it was pasted as editable text. In the new set-up when I try the same thing I get an uneditable image file (a PDF?) of the text.
Is there a setting in Illustrator or my System preferences I need to change to make the copied text paste as editable text? I tried changing the "File Handling and Clipboard" options but that didn't work.
Thanks for any help!
Mike

Millenium,
Well, yes and no. I understand what you mean but whenever I'm copying text to a Mail message it's not crucial for me to retain the appearance. I'm usually try to shortcut some typing (especially for long sections of text) or asking a client about a line of text that appears in an illustration I'm working on. In these cases I would much rather include editable text than an uneditable PDF.
Also, Mail seems to be the only app that I've encountered so far that doesn't give me an option when pasting the text, which would be the really smart thing to do. Even if I compose the message in Plain Text it still does it.
According to Mail help these are the options:
Here are ways to paste text:
■ To paste text so that it retains its original format, choose Edit > Paste.
■ To paste text so that its format matches adjacent text, choose Edit > “Paste and Match Style.”
■ To paste text with a single quote bar to the left of the text, choose Edit > Paste as Quotation.
Tried them all, none work. There doesn't seem to be any preference setting either. I know there are work-arounds (paste to another app, copy and paste to Mail) but you'd think there'd be a simpler option within Mail itself. Maybe there is. I'll post it if I find out what it is.

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