I apologize. The very issue I was trying to address occurred when using the cuteEditor to construct my forum post.
The line....
<img src="http://cutesoft.net/test.jpg" alt="" align="MIDDLE"/>
changes to.....
<img src="http://cutesoft.net/test.jpg" alt="" align="CENTER"/>
after switching between the bottom tabs. These two values have subtle but important differences. Note, the changes are in bold to add emphasis.