Outlining text

I'm using PSPX.

I've been having a problem with outlining text. I've been following this tutorial. I followed the directions very carefully and made sure everything looked the same in the pictures. Whenever I try to paste it as a new selection, I always get white text on a white background without a black outline. I've done this before and it was fine...but now it doesn't seem to be working.

Does anyone have any ideas?