Creating a frame around a text box?

I'm new to Illustrator (I'm running CS4 on a Mac) and I'm creating what is essentially an organization chart. (It's actually something more of a decision tree, but that's not important.)
I've searched some other forums and I discovered the Area Type Options. I'm using that to create 6 pixels of inset spacing between my text and the outside of the text box. Now, I'd like to have a 1 or 2 point frame drawn automatically around the text box. One place told me to go to Object > Text Frame. However, when I highlight the text box and go to Object there is not Text Frame option (either available or grayed out).
It doesn't seem that I should have to manually go through the work of drawing a rectangle around every text frame.
Can someone point me in the right direction to have Illustrator make the blue (electronic) frame into a real visible one?
Thank you in advance,
Bflat Blues

Thank you so much. That did the trick.
However, I'm surprised how arcane this simple technique seems to be. I wanted to draw a straightforward org chart and Illustrator didn't appear to make it straightforward at all.
It's probably me. From what I can see, a new Illustrator user trying to use it for something this simple is like using dynamite to kill a fly.
I just need to play with it more as I'm working through exercises.
Once again, thank you.

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