diff --git a/authors.html b/authors.html
index 04115a01a..8916914b3 100644
--- a/authors.html
+++ b/authors.html
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@
 <!-- END: this line ends content from: inc/before-content.default.html -->
 <!-- START: this line starts content for HTML phase 21 by: bin/pandoc-wrapper.sh via bin/md2html.sh -->
 
-<center>
-<p>
+<p style="text-align:center;">
 Jump to authors starting with: [
 <a href="#A">A</a>  
 <a href="#B">B</a>  
@@ -153,7 +152,6 @@ Jump to authors starting with: [
 <a href="#Y">Y</a>  
 <a href="#Z">Z</a>]
 </p>
-</center>
 <p>
 <hr>
 <!-- A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A -->
diff --git a/bin/gen-authors.sh b/bin/gen-authors.sh
index 5a4674de4..e006e14ab 100755
--- a/bin/gen-authors.sh
+++ b/bin/gen-authors.sh
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ shopt -s globstar	# enable ** to match all files and zero or more directories an
 
 # set variables referenced in the usage message
 #
-export VERSION="1.4 2024-04-15"
+export VERSION="1.5 2024-04-15"
 NAME=$(basename "$0")
 export NAME
 export V_FLAG=0
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ fi
     # output top of content
     #
     cat << EOF
-<center><p>Jump to authors starting with: [
+<p style="text-align:center;">Jump to authors starting with: [
 <a href="#A">A</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
 <a href="#B">B</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
 <a href="#C">C</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ fi
 <a href="#X">X</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
 <a href="#Y">Y</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
 <a href="#Z">Z</a>
-]</p></center>
+]</p>
 <p>
 <hr>