Aligning text in LyX: left/center/right

How can I center/right/left align text in LyX? In Microsoft Word, I can just click the 3 buttons on the toolbar.

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Horizontal alignment is associated with a paragraph style in LyX. Select the paragraph, click `Edit`>`Paragraph Settings...` (or click the button in the toolbar) and choose one of the Alignment options:

Click OK or Apply for the selection to take effect. Checking Immediate Apply allows one to toggle and visualize the difference between selected options.

For inserting horizontal fill (or `\hfill`; which also leads to a flush left and flush right formatting on the same line), you follow `Insert`>`Formatting`>`Horizontal Space...` and for the Spacing choose `Horizontal Fill`:

Upon clicking OK, your document will show the horizontal fill as a stretchable dotted line which shrinks/expands to fit the window

and eventually typesets/compiles to

A similar output would have been obtain through the insertion of "TeX code":

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That works. However when I try aligning "within" certain parts of text, those options move all the text. For example, on a certain line, I want to right align some text and left align others. How can I do that? –  GTyler Jan 6 '12 at 1:14
@GTyler: Yes, that's why they are called "paragraph settings", so they apply to an entire paragraph. If you want to have left- and right-aligned text in the same "line", and that line is a paragraph, then you can insert `\hfill` between the text components. Is this what you're after? –  Werner Jan 6 '12 at 4:22
@GTyler For reference, `\hfill` is in LyX found in Insert --> Formatting --> Horizontal space. Choose "Horizontal fill" for Spacing. –  Torbjørn T. Jan 6 '12 at 7:08
Yes that's what I am after. Since I am still new to Lyx, I prefer the click-and-choose rather than remembering LaTex code. –  GTyler Jan 9 '12 at 6:09
@GTyler: I've added that description to my answer. –  Werner Jan 9 '12 at 6:28

Select all the lines that you need to align (middle/left/right). Then right click and under text style select structure Now, the whole part is one structure Again select this complete structure Next, use paragraph settings to align the texts :)

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As it seems, this solution is working for mathematical statements. You are welcome to tweak the solution to fit your purpose –  Mrinal Singh Nov 17 '13 at 19:19
Hi, welcome to TeX.SX. I don't see a Structure under Text style in the right click menu when right clicking on selected text. –  Torbjørn T. Nov 17 '13 at 19:42

The simple and fastest way is: once you are in the desired place just click on the "TEX" button (next to the hyperlink one) and in the box just add the following:

``````\hfill
``````

To have dots between just do:

``````\dotfill
``````

And to have a line:

``````\hrulefill
``````