Re: Adding a Stroke to a path distorts it.

Hard to say. Almost sounds like you're using a brush or drawing with an appearance.

Try selecting the object then press 'D', or click the Default Fill and Stroke button in the tool palette, the two big overlapped squares at the bottom.

Vince

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