Imported text won't maintain editability

Hi,
I'm trying to import some artwork from Illustrator CS5.1 however some of the text is not maintaining it's editablity.
For example if I copy and paste one one text element into Flash Catalyst it allows me to edit it. When I copy another piece of text it converts each character to paths. I can see no differences between each piece of text.
Could this be a bug?

Dearest P Spier
YES! That was it. All better now. How did "ignore text wrap" become checked? I don't know. But as soon as I unchecked it - voila! Thank you so very much for your time and expertise. And so fast too!

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