How to use Titles in iMovie?

When i add closing titles to my project, i have terrible problems aligning the font. For instance, if i want top part to be left justified with a tab space (traditional format for lisiting an actor and their name) but then have the text below centred (eg filmed on location at xyz), it defaults to one or the other but doesn't allow both styles. I know it can be done, as it has worked for me occasionally, but it is very fiddly and more often that not does not work. Does anybody else have this problem and do you have any tips on how to manage it?
Many thanks.

Jerry, when the title window comes up, there's a button in the upper left hand corner that says Show Fonts. Click on that, and then in that window, there's a button in the lower left that says, "System Font Panel". That gives you a whole host of different options which you can apply to each line in the title you are trying to edit. Left/Center/Right/Justified are all available from the System Font panel.

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