I think you are misunderstanding how the alignment controls work. A
paragraph can have only one alignment. Whichever alignment you select last
will affect the entire paragraph. If you want some words on a line centered
and others left-aligned, you'll need to set a center tab stop at the center
of the line. For an example of this setup, see the Header or Footer
paragraph. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm for more
information on setting tab stops.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"mike" wrote in message
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I center words using keyboard controls. I then enter, then keyboard
control
to left justify the cursor and when I do it also takes the words meant to
be
center to the left. Also when I check page setup the margin setting do not
match the position of the cursor.