[Inkscape-user] How to do this?

I am following this tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwOYO9cAows

and I can't get it to work.

As soon as I remove the fill (so it turns blank) and apply a Stroke, I don't get the outline.

Idk what I am doing wrong, but I cannot get this to work in 0.9.1

I am trying to put text in a half circle

Thanks

Perry