Align text CS4

[spewperb]

Hi, does anyone know how to align text to the center in CS4. Its really bugging me!

Cheers

[Paul Tuersley]

In CS4 you can now do this:

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{
	// select a text layer before running this script
	
	// grab active comp
	var activeItem = app.project.activeItem;
	
	// grab sourceText "value" from selected layer
	var theValue = activeItem.selectedLayers[0].sourceText.value;
	
	// change the value's justification
	theValue.justification = ParagraphJustification.CENTER_JUSTIFY;
	
	// apply the value back on to the text layer
	activeItem.selectedLayers[0].sourceText.setValue(theValue);
}

The full range of options are:
ParagraphJustification.LEFT_JUSTIFY
ParagraphJustification.RIGHT_JUSTIFY
ParagraphJustification.CENTER_JUSTIFY
ParagraphJustification.FULL_JUSTIFY_LASTLINE_LEFT
ParagraphJustification.FULL_JUSTIFY_LASTLINE_RIGHT
ParagraphJustification.FULL_JUSTIFY_LASTLINE_CENTER
ParagraphJustification.FULL_JUSTIFY_LASTLINE_FULL

[maxfects]

how is this done is CS3?

[Paul Tuersley]

It isn't easy doing it in CS3 as it doesn't have access to the text alignment options. Here are some existing threads discussing the workarounds needed to find the dimensions of a text layer:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=885
viewtopic.php?t=150
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=931