How do I make my pages have uniform text?

Hi!
Okay so I'm really new to Dreamweaver and web design, but there's one thing that's bugging me beyond belief that I just can't figure out how to fix. I even feel stupid asking this question because maybe (and hopefully) there's a really simple answer, but anyways...
So basically, I use the design part a lot more than the code part. Every time I put a bunch of text into my the main content part of my page, I want to have some of the text centered, and the majority of it aligned to the left (as I'm sure is the case with most people). But everytime I align a part of it, the whole thing aligns the same way. Same goes with color and font. Sometimes, a box comes up saying "New CSS Rule", "Choose your selector name", etc... It generally says this in the box:
This selector name will apply your rule to
all <p> elements
that are within any HTML elements with id "mainContent"
that are within any HTML elements with id "container"
that are within any HTML elements with class "twoColLiqLtHdr".
I've tried picking different ones, but it never only lets me align that particular sentence. It normally changes the whole or another part of the text as well.
Please help! It's so frustrating!
Thanks!

J Cellini's advice is spot on, you can't rely on design view for ever, you'll have to get into code view and get your hands dirty at some point :-)
Without html/css knowledge it will be difficult to progress much further. Lacking this knowledge will not allow you to troubleshoot any problems you do encounter.
Here is a list of basic tutorials that will help you get started with using Dreamweaver and teach you some html and particularly how to use css:
Creating your first website (series)
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_Using/WS42d4a1c0291fbe4e59147ede1232ff9686c-8 000.html
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