Formatting Multiple Alignments within Columns

[lexie820]

I tried searching for my question, but with no luck. I'll try my best to explain:

I have a simple text document with 2 columns. I am attempting to format the first line of each column with a center alignment, and the rest of the text with a left alignment. I inserted a manual column break at the end of the first column. Whenever I attempt to highlight and change the alignment on only one part of the text, all the rest of the text in the column is also changed.

Help!

[FJCC]

Without looking at an actual document, it is hard to say what is causing your problem. The attached document has a layout like you want, I think. Take a look at it with the menu item View -> Nonprinting Characters turned on and compare it to your document. Text alignment is a property of a paragraph, so the first line of each column is its own paragraph,

[lexie820]

This is my document I'm attempting to format. I turned on the nonprinting characters, but to me they look the same. Am I missing something obvious?

[FJCC]

Here is a modified version of your document. I did two things:
I inserted a column break just before the heading Weekly Schedule.
I put a paragraph mark, seen as ¶ when nonprinting characters are turned on, just after the heading Weekly Schedule. With the heading now being its own paragraph, it can be centered.

I see you are mostly using line breaks, seen as a left-pointing bent arrow when nonprinting characters are turned on. These are made by typing Shift Enter. These should not be used routinely. Are you using them for a reason or is it just a habit?
I suspect you would have an easier time laying this out using Styles to control the formatting or maybe a table. If you have been struggling with the formatting, please explain what you want to achieve and we can work on it.