      */
     public function TextGraphic()
     {
-        // Initialize staticImportExportConfiguration at instance-creation
-        // time rather than at static initialization time, to avoid
-        // any class-initialization-order problems.
-        if (!staticImportExportConfiguration)
-        {
-            staticImportExportConfiguration =
-                ImportExportConfiguration.defaultConfiguration;
-            
-            ImportExportConfiguration.restoreDefaults();
-        }
-
         super();
 
         _content = textFlow = createEmptyTextFlow();

    private static var staticConfiguration:Configuration =
        new Configuration();
    
    /**
     *  @private
     *  Used for determining whitespace processing during import.
     */
    private static var staticImportExportConfiguration:ImportExportConfiguration;

    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //
    //  Constructor

            getStyle("whiteSpaceCollapse");
		staticConfiguration.textFlowInitialCharacterFormat =
            staticCharacterFormat;

        if (markup is String)
        {
