Colroing lines in Keynote

I know this seems extremely trivial, but has anyone had difficulty in changing the color of lines and shapes in Keynote?
I'm not a novice at this (I have extensive experience with Powerpoint), but this is making me a little crazy. I've followed the directions in the Keynote guide, but no dice.
I can change the fill color, but not the line color.
Weird, eh?
Anyway, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jose Jones

What kind of imported shapes? If they are EPS or PDF, no, these can't be stroked. However, if these kind of shapes are converted to SVG format using an illustration app (such as Illustrator, or Intaglio, or the free Inkscape, you can then use the excellent svg2key utility to convert them into proper iWork shapes, which will allow stroking, filling, and all other native object effects.

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