I no longer have PSE3 loaded on my machine, but I'm pretty sure this will work:
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Type your text and get it sized and positioned where you want it. Then
simplify that layer...
(Layer > Simplify Layer)). Now
Ctrl-Click the thumbnail of that simplified text layer. Only the text will be selected. Now, while that selection is active you can
Edit > Stroke (Outline) Selection and apply the stroke you are after -- just make your foreground to be whatever color you want for your stroke.
I usually do those kind of strokes on a separate layer but you can do it right onto your simplified text layer if you want to.
Rusty