Photoshop to PDF Text Problem

I created a report in Photoshop consisting of 9 pages.
I'm using the PDF Presentation feature to create a PDF file from these 9 pages.
Everything works out find other than that most of the text is not selectable... it becomes an image.
How can I make all the text selectable?
I'm using CS2 and all the text is on layers seperate from the background. There are also images, but on seperate layers.
Thank you :-)

The font I use is Arial (Regular) with "Smoothing."
Size: 11pt
Kerning: Optical
Leading: 15pt
Some text is in bold.
PDF setting are:
Compatibility: Acrobat 8
Image Quality: Maximum
Compression: JPEG
Optimize for Fast Web Preview
Embed Page Thumbnails
And that's basically it.
Thanks for your help Mylenium :-)

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    4.     Yes this will work with other shapes and even custom shapes.  Remember to draw the shape first and immediately place a new text box over it BEFORE any other alteration is done.  This ensures that Photoshop creates a text box exactly the same size/dimension of your chosen shape.  It even makes margins fit irregular shapes like triangles.
    5.     Try it! Or try using Indesign!
    There. I fixed that for you.

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