I found a workaround to my text attribute alignment issue. This example assumes you want to make a Word doc show a table of a BO's reference list of Names (left justified) and Ages (right justified)
1) Create 2 attributes: Client.ListNames Client.ListAges
2) Add rules:
Client.ListNames=LIST(Client.Children,,Name)
Client.ListAges=LIST(Client.Children,,Age,#)
3) In the Word doc, create a two column table.
Left column: <<Client.ListNames>>
Right column <<Client.ListAges>>
It's a bit clunky, but it works.