How to merge outline into curve shape?

I might be going about this the wrong way and am having trouble doign this.

I have some artistic text, that I converted to curves.  This artistic text, included outline which I would like to keep with the text.  But now - I would like to apply a fill, to fill the entire creation, including the outlines, seamlessly.  Basically, replace the outline color with the fill, and the fill itself - such as linear fountain fill.

How should this be done?

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  • Thanks - converting the outline into an object, then welding it worked.  I was trying options like that before, but only shaping option I was getting for something like that was "boundary."  But I did not convert the outline to an object.  Thanks for the help!  Its a noob question I am sure, I am certainly not an expert in CD, but have it for small projects I do from time to time.

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