Eric,

The short answer is, in ASP.net you must use style sheets in order to do formatting of that nature. You'll have to setup a class for each alignment (Left, Center, Right) and then assign that to the CssClass of the object. Let me know if it continues to give you problems and I'll be more than happy to help. I have a couple of sample applications on my company site that do what you are wanting to do.

Hope that helps...