Need advice on centering text

Hi everyone, I've been going screwy trying to figure out how to centre text, the UBB code should be [ center ] text [ /center ] (without spaces), but it doesn't seem to work, does anyone know what it is I am doing wrong.
I'm starting to feel completely stupid, that should work, is it just me going bananas?
Peace be with you all.........
Fox

Sorry that's something I haven't been able to do here.

Thanks a million any how Sky, at the very least I can stop beating myself up about it now.
Fox

Yup! The words should be enclosed in < > instead of [ ]

HUH? I don't think so. <did that here>

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Yup! The words should be enclosed in < > instead of [ ]

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<center>Most triumphant, I'm now able to centre text, thank you very much, most kind of you, thank you......</center>
Fox

<center>I know so! Try it, Sky! </center>

<center>You're most welcome, Fox! </center>

<center>I know so! Try it, Sky! </center>

I should be more clear... the word "center" should be within the <---> As in < center > and < /center>

<center> Ok I know the other way doesn't work, as it's how I say nothing.</center> You've known this all along and didn't tell me? Why didn't you correct the admin so it would be spelled out for them, too? Hurumph! Thanks sept...what else do you know that I don't?

I'd also be more than curious to know any additional tips'n'tricks for posting.

I assumed that Admin new at least the basics of HTML. I didn't know YOU didn't know and I don't know what don't know. LOL So ask me!

Oh I was just going by what was told me hehehe http://forums.psychcentral.com/faq.php?Cat= It doesn't use anything but colons and brackets. </font><blockquote><div id="quote"><font class="small">Quote:</font>
Can I use html in my posts?
There are 2 ways that this can be configured on a per board basis. If HTML is On then you will see HTML is On and you can use normal HTML in your posts. If UBBCode is on you will see UBBCode is On.

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Doesn't sound real clear to me.

All I know is that < > are HTML codes and so are [ ]. The latter work for posting images and such and the < > work for formating a document.

To tell you the truth, I've forgotten more than I learned about HTML and never really got into learning UBB Code but to me, it's very similar to HTML.