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Thanks, that will do it.

The problem with parbox is I have to specify the size too. I want latex to automatically calculate the size for me else if I change the longest line I'll have to manually figure out a value.

To create a left justified block of text I use
\begin{center}
\begin{flushleft}
\hspace{1cm}text line 1\\
\hspace{1cm}text line 2\\
\hspace{1cm}text line 2 ...\\
\hspace{1cm}...\\
\end{flushleft}
\end{center}
where the 'center' environment does not actually center in this case but I want it to. If ...