diff --git a/ts/styles/style/index.ts b/ts/styles/style/index.ts
index db4b1c1924..41493c9188 100644
--- a/ts/styles/style/index.ts
+++ b/ts/styles/style/index.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,26 @@ export class ParagraphStyle extends Style {
 
     // --------------------- Paragraph formatting ------------------------ //
 
+    public center(): ParagraphStyle {
+        this.addParagraphProperty(new paragraph.Alignment("center"));
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public left(): ParagraphStyle {
+        this.addParagraphProperty(new paragraph.Alignment("left"));
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public right(): ParagraphStyle {
+        this.addParagraphProperty(new paragraph.Alignment("right"));
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public justified(): ParagraphStyle {
+        this.addParagraphProperty(new paragraph.Alignment("both"));
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public indent(left: number, hanging?: number): ParagraphStyle {
         this.addParagraphProperty(new paragraph.Indent(left, hanging));
         return this;
diff --git a/ts/tests/stylesTest.ts b/ts/tests/stylesTest.ts
index 4180d182fd..68eeb6915d 100644
--- a/ts/tests/stylesTest.ts
+++ b/ts/tests/stylesTest.ts
@@ -212,6 +212,66 @@ describe("ParagraphStyle", () => {
                 ],
             });
         });
+
+        it("#center", () => {
+            const style = new ParagraphStyle("myStyleId")
+                .center();
+            const tree = new Formatter().format(style);
+            expect(tree).to.deep.equal({
+                "w:style": [
+                    {_attr: {"w:type": "paragraph", "w:styleId": "myStyleId"}},
+                    {"w:pPr": [
+                        {"w:jc": [{_attr: {"w:val": "center"}}]},
+                    ]},
+                    {"w:rPr": []},
+                ],
+            });
+        });
+
+        it("#left", () => {
+            const style = new ParagraphStyle("myStyleId")
+                .left();
+            const tree = new Formatter().format(style);
+            expect(tree).to.deep.equal({
+                "w:style": [
+                    {_attr: {"w:type": "paragraph", "w:styleId": "myStyleId"}},
+                    {"w:pPr": [
+                        {"w:jc": [{_attr: {"w:val": "left"}}]},
+                    ]},
+                    {"w:rPr": []},
+                ],
+            });
+        });
+
+        it("#right", () => {
+            const style = new ParagraphStyle("myStyleId")
+                .right();
+            const tree = new Formatter().format(style);
+            expect(tree).to.deep.equal({
+                "w:style": [
+                    {_attr: {"w:type": "paragraph", "w:styleId": "myStyleId"}},
+                    {"w:pPr": [
+                        {"w:jc": [{_attr: {"w:val": "right"}}]},
+                    ]},
+                    {"w:rPr": []},
+                ],
+            });
+        });
+
+        it("#justified", () => {
+            const style = new ParagraphStyle("myStyleId")
+                .justified();
+            const tree = new Formatter().format(style);
+            expect(tree).to.deep.equal({
+                "w:style": [
+                    {_attr: {"w:type": "paragraph", "w:styleId": "myStyleId"}},
+                    {"w:pPr": [
+                        {"w:jc": [{_attr: {"w:val": "both"}}]},
+                    ]},
+                    {"w:rPr": []},
+                ],
+            });
+        });
     });
 
     describe("formatting methods: run properties", () => {