Centering Text in After Effects 6.5

Hi,
How does center text in After Effects 6.5.
Thanks.

Use the alignment options in the Paragraph palette.
Here's the relevant excerpt from After Effects 6.5 Help:
"Aligning and justifying text
You can align text to one edge of a paragraph (left, center, or right for horizontal text; top, center, or bottom for vertical text) and justify text to both edges of a paragraph. Alignment options are available for both point text and paragraph text; justification options are available only for paragraph text.
To specify alignment: In the Paragraph palette, click an alignment option..."

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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:12:16 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Textured Text with after effects
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