# Hotgraphic Text Alignment

**URL:** <https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/hotgraphic-text-alignment/94>\
**Category:** General Help\
**Created:** [March 28, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/hotgraphic-text-alignment/94 "2018-03-28T18:12:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![norgish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@norgish](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/norgish)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/hotgraphic-text-alignment/94/1 "2018-03-28T18:12:10Z")

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Hi,

I am creating a hotgraphic and even though I have configured the Appearance in both the Hotgraphic block and each hotgraphic item so that the text is left-aligned, it stays center aligned within my actual course. Is this intended? A known bug? Is there something I am missing?

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**Author:** ![appitierre](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/appitierre/32/10_2.png) [@appitierre](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/appitierre)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/hotgraphic-text-alignment/94/2 "2018-03-29T11:31:51Z")

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@norgish - Appearance would refer to theming - without knowing your specific course and setup this will be difficult to debug. Please contact support from inside your Evolve instance.

In the meantime, here’re a few things to look at:

Check on your Theme under Appearance \> Component + Component Item - hotgraphic takes its styling from here.

Also, check to see if you have an Article Style applied, this will override global Component & component Item styling.

Checkout [https://learnevolve.com](https://learnevolve.com) for more in-depth (and free) training.

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![smakd1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/smakd1/32/220_2.png) [@smakd1](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/smakd1)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/hotgraphic-text-alignment/94/3 "2018-03-29T22:54:39Z")

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I found the same issue, I believe I reported to Support. The work around is to change the text to centered in each hot graphic and then back to left justified. I have found that it then holds to left-aligned. Annoying but at least it works.

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**Author:** ![norgish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@norgish](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/norgish)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/hotgraphic-text-alignment/94/4 "2018-03-30T00:50:20Z")

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Thanks! Trying your workaround didn’t work but selecting Align Justify did.

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**Author:** ![Agiloft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Agiloft](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Agiloft)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/hotgraphic-text-alignment/94/5 "2018-05-22T20:28:59Z")

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Thank you for creating the Force Left Align button!😀

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**Author:** ![appitierre](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/appitierre/32/10_2.png) [@appitierre](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/appitierre)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/hotgraphic-text-alignment/94/6 "2018-07-06T11:26:47Z")

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You’re welcome @Agiloft