Centering Text with CS5

Hi Folks,
I usually add a 200px white matte around my photos, and put a couple of lines of text at the bottom to give the image a title, and to include my name.
The two lines of text end up on two seperate text layers, and I usually just use the move tool to position / centre them "by eye" ... and 1/2 the time when I've flattened the image - converted it to sRGB profile - uploaded it to the website - linked to it from a forum etc I THEN discover that I've done a bad job of aligning the text (eg line 2 may not be centred with respect to line 1 etc).
Just wondering if anyone has any workflows that would make this text aligning step easier? It would also be great if it were possible to have the rulers centered on the image (ie so zero is in the middle), with a couple of highlights representing the ends of the text - anyone know if this is possible?
Many thanks,
Cheers,
Colin Southern

Thanks folks,
Problem solved, thanks to your help!

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