How can I paint gaps within text in Adobe Illustrator?

How can I paint gaps within text in Adobe Illustrator? I'm using Adobe Illustrator CS4. I have text that is along a path that looks like this:
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bert [Entry]

"You can do it with Live Paint.

Type -> Create Outlines
Object -> Live Paint -> Make

Then select the Live Paint Bucket to fill in any shape with any color"

bert [Entry]

"The Appearance panel (Window > Appearance) lets you add layered fills, strokes and effects, so it's possible to get that effect without converting the text to shapes/Live Paint/whatever.

Just set it up so it looks something like this:

Fill (brown)
Stroke (white, 5pt)
Stroke (brown, 8pt)"