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Kristen,

As long as you create them as Text Frames (not background text) on a
Master page and they are part of the main flow (usually A), then their
contents will be picked up when you've applied that Master page to the
Body page(s). Note: the order of insertion of these text frames
matters (since that will be the flow order), but you can use the
Format > Customize Layout options to first disconnect the existing
frames on the master page and then re-connect them in the flow order
that you want if you're playing around with the placement and order of
the frames.

If you simply create text frames on Body pages that aren't within
anchored frames in the main flow, then FM will ignore the contents of
these and considers them to be the same as graphical elements. This
sounds like what you've done from your description of the problem. You
have to apply a Master page that has the frames placed where you want.