Stroke behind text - Is it possible?

I'm trying to create a template for someone and I have some text with a stroke on it. The problem is that I can't make the stroke go below the fill of the text without converting the text to outlines. I'd rather not make this a step for the user since they are not a graphics person. I'd also rather not have to have two layers of the same text, one above without the stroke and one below with the stroke.
Is there any way to make the stroke go behind the fill on a 'live' text object? There's got to be, but I can't figure it out!
Thanks

I believe I did follow your directions carefully.
I typed a line of text. Switched to the arrow tool. Clicked on the stroke flyout and set a width. The stroke is on top of the fill.
I have over 25 years experience with graphics software. I've avoided Illustrator because in my opinion it's not as intuitive and easy to use as other vector drawing programs. I know a lot of people do a lot of great work with it, so I'm not saying it's not a capable program, but this is such a simple task I'm trying to perform that I feel it's either extremely unintuitive or it's just not working properly.
What, if anything, did I miss in your last post?

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