How do I unthread text frames in CS4 InDesign Mac?

I've looked everywhere and tried what I found in Adobe help. I can't FOR THE LIFE OF ME figure out how to unthread text frames in InDesign CS4 [Mac].
Please help. I know it must be simple.
Thank you,
Margot

Run the SplitStory scipt thats in the samples in the scripts panel.
A waord of caution, though. Splitting a threaded story caused ID to treat the text at the top of each frame as a new paragraph, even if it was caninued from a previous frame. This can result in unwanted changes like an indent, if such is called for in the paragraph style, or an extra number or bullet item in a list.

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thanks for your reply but it doesn't work because i want to keep the text in all textframe. I found a solution in 2 time duplic and remove :
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