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<h1 align=center>Text Alignment<img src="../css.gif" alt="" align=right width=99 height=73 hspace=5></h1>
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<th valign=top align=left><b>Syntax:</b> </th>
<td valign=top>text-align: <value><br></td>
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<th valign=top align=left><b>Possible Values:</b> </th>
<td valign=top>left | right | center | justify<br></td>
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<th valign=top align=left><b>Initial Value:</b> </th>
<td valign=top>Determined by browser<br></td>
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<th valign=top align=left><b>Applies to:</b> </th>
<td valign=top>Block-level elements<br></td>
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<th valign=top align=left><b>Inherited:</b> </th>
<td valign=top>Yes<br></td>
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<p>The <strong class=css>text-align</strong> property can be applied to <a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/block.html">block-level elements</a> (<strong class=html>P</strong>, <strong class=html>H1</strong>, etc.) to give the alignment of the element's text. This property is similar in function to HTML's <strong class=html>ALIGN</strong> attribute on paragraphs, headings, and divisions.</p>
<p>Some examples follow:</p>
<pre><code class=css>H1 { text-align: center }
P.newspaper { text-align: justify }</code></pre>
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