diff --git a/format-master.xml b/format-master.xml
index c924d86..02c9c94 100755
--- a/format-master.xml
+++ b/format-master.xml
@@ -34,17 +34,57 @@
 		relevant in LaTeX).
 			'no' => don't indent.
 			otherwise => apply standard paragraph formatting. [default]
+		
+		@align: How to align the paragraph. Note that these are
+		potentially distinct from the default action, e.g., specifying
+		align="left" will produce a flushleft environment in LaTeX,
+		which is not the same effect as not specifying an alignment.
+			'left' => left alignment
+			'center' => centered alignment
+			'right' => right alignment
 	-->
 	<template name="paragraph" match="paragraph|para|p|P">
-		<latex><xsl:text>
+		<latex>
+			<xsl:text>
 
 
-</xsl:text><xsl:if test="@indent = 'no'">\noindent </xsl:if><xsl:apply-templates/><xsl:text>
+			</xsl:text>
+			<xsl:choose>
+				<xsl:when test="(@align = 'left') or (@align = 'right')">
+					<xsl:text>\begin{flush</xsl:text>
+					<xsl:value-of select="@align"/>
+					<xsl:text>}</xsl:text>
+					<xsl:apply-templates/>
+					<xsl:text>\end{flush</xsl:text>
+					<xsl:value-of select="@align"/>
+					<xsl:text>}</xsl:text>
+				</xsl:when>
+				<xsl:when test="@align = 'center'">
+					<xsl:text>\begin{center}</xsl:text>
+					<xsl:apply-templates/>
+					<xsl:text>\end{center}</xsl:text>
+				</xsl:when>
+				<xsl:otherwise>
+					<xsl:if test="@indent = 'no'">\noindent </xsl:if>
+					<xsl:apply-templates/>
+				</xsl:otherwise>
+			</xsl:choose>
+			<xsl:text>
 	
 		
-</xsl:text></latex>
+			</xsl:text>
+		</latex>
 		<!-- HTML is weird about what things you cannot include inside paragraphs (e.g. lists of any kind).  However, the end P tag is optional, so one option might simply be not to output it. -->
-		<html><P><xsl:apply-templates/></P></html>
+		<html>
+			<P>
+				<xsl:if test="@align">
+					<xsl:attribute name="ALIGN">
+						<xsl:value-of select="@align"/>
+					</xsl:attribute>
+				</xsl:if>
+				<xsl:apply-templates/>
+			</P>
+		</html>
 	</template>
 	
 	<!-- Special characters (should maybe all be named, in case they need to be called explicitly with xsl:call-template) -->
@@ -243,6 +283,7 @@
 			'small' => \smallskip
 			'medium' => \medskip
 			'large' => \bigskip
+			'fill' => \vfill
 			LaTeX length => \vskipxx
 	-->
 	<template name="vertical-skip" match="vertical-skip|vskip">
@@ -260,6 +301,9 @@
 				<xsl:when test="@size='large'">
 					\bigskip
 				</xsl:when>
+				<xsl:when test="@size='fill'">
+					\vfill
+				</xsl:when>
 				<xsl:otherwise>
 					\vskip<xsl:value-of select="@size"/>
 				</xsl:otherwise>
