How do you outline a stroke in Freehand?

Is there a way, such as could be accomplished with
'Streamline' in older versions of Illustrator, but now is a
built-in capability in Illustrator CS2, to outline a stroke in
Freehand so it will be turned into 'flat' artwork (a filled path)
retaining the identical look of the original stroked path but now,
it becomes no longer a stroke but a filled object.
Hope I explained that correctly.
TIA,
Ken

Select the stroke you want to outline, then choose "Expand
Stroke" under the Xtras/Path Operationsmenu. Choose the same width
as the stroke and that's it! Same concept as Illustrator but
different name.
Sorry...I didn't know that it already posted! ;)

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