Making a straight line aligned with text and adjusting length

i am trying to make a simple straight line above some text in after effects cs5 that lines up with the beginning and end of the text. Not touching or anything. Nothing special. then a line perpendicular to it of a different stroke size.
Also i want it to draw or fill in.
first of all, if i dont get the line length perfect the first time, and i try to adjust the length, then the stroke width changes, also the scale.
this is maddening because if i am making other pieces that i will animate together, i want them to be the same. and every time i try to adjust the line length, it changes everything...
or do i just make all lines and type graphics in illustrator or photoshop and import them...and make a mask. I almost think that all those extra steps might be easier...(sarcasm)
any tips on this as this super basic task is turning into a headache?
thx in advance.

Well, because if you dont get it exactly correct and you want to make it longer or shorter, not only does that change, but the stroke starts scaling. So now you have simply a shorter line, you have a line that appears the same but is inevitably different point sizes and different scales that are maddening to match. I am animating several iterations of a kind of type/line template in 3d space. So i have made each on its own composition that is not 3d.
i thought you would be able to just click on the end of the line/path and make the line itself shorter or longer like in illustrator. Also when the scale changes, it changes its position slightly from its anchor point....

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