Applying a stroke to..a line?

I'm trying to apply a stroke to a line! seems simple enough , right?
But, in the stroke box, it thinks the line IS the stroke..
How do I go about applying a stroke border to a line? Or is there another method (not using a line) to get the same effect?
I'm using CS5.
Thanks in advance,
Joe.

No need to expand.
You just need some effects here and there and you're done:
And for the layer (or a group) you need a pathfinder-effect:
See translations of effects here:
http://vektorgarten.de/illu-menus.html

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