         if (classInitialized)
             return;
 
+        staticConfiguration = 
+            Configuration(TextContainerManager.defaultConfiguration).clone();
+        staticConfiguration.manageEnterKey = false; // default is true
+        staticConfiguration.manageTabKey = false;   // default is false
+
         staticPlainTextImporter =
-            TextConverter.getImporter(TextConverter.PLAIN_TEXT_FORMAT);
+            TextConverter.getImporter(TextConverter.PLAIN_TEXT_FORMAT,
+            staticConfiguration);
         
         // Throw import errors rather than return a null textFlow.
         // Alternatively, the error strings are in the Vector, importer.errors.

     *  @private
     *  Should only be used by API calls.
     */
    private function releaseEditManager():void
    {
        EditManager(textFlow.interactionManager).endCompositeOperation();
                    
        _textContainerManager.endInteraction();


            characterFormat, paragraphFormat, containerFormat, selectionState);
        
        // All done with the edit manager.
        releaseEditManager(editManager);
    }

    /**
