object.style.textAlignLast = sAlignLast;

where sAlignLast is one of:

• auto. The default. Last line aligned like other lines in the object, using the value of textAlign.
• center. Text is centered.
• inherit. Text is aligned like in the parent object.
• justify. Text is right justified.
• left. Text is left-aligned.
• right. Text is right-aligned.

short line short line

<P ID="lastLineEffect" STYLE="text-align:justify; text-align-last:auto">
short line short line
</P>
<A HREF="javascript:void(lastLineEffect.style.textAlignLast='auto')">auto</A>
<A HREF="javascript:void(lastLineEffect.style.textAlignLast='center')">center</A>
<A HREF="javascript:void(lastLineEffect.style.textAlignLast='justify')">justify</A>
<A HREF="javascript:void(lastLineEffect.style.textAlignLast='left')">left</A>
<A HREF="javascript:void(lastLineEffect.style.textAlignLast='right')">right</A></P>

Notice that the text-align property must be assigned the value of justify for this example to work.

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