Aspect Ratio settings were wrong... Help

Okay so I am doing a project for a class using FCP. I set my project settings to the requirements we were given. However somehow down the line the settings got changed and I have my edit all done. However when I go to change it back to the proper settings everything becomes stretched and zoomed in. Is there anyways to fix this so I do not have to redo my whole project?
These are the required Project Settings:
NTSC DV Anamorphic 16:9
However these are the settings that it was edited in:
HD (1440x1080) (16:9)
Please tell me there is a way to fix this without having to redo my project.

dont worry.....
fisrt of all duplicate your sequence. use the copy to test out what Im telling you so you dont damage your original.
Right click your sequence in the browser and go to setting...
Inside change your HD settings to NTSC with the right frame size, frame rate and pixel aspect (NTSC)
This should change your sequence into an NTSC one. and everything will look stretched.
Select all your material and hit ALT/APPLE/V and remove attributes box will appear
Tick the boxes for distort and basic motion.
This will remove all the resizing that has been placed on you clips and they should look better.
If they are still a bit out Select the first clip in your sequence and resize this using the motion tab - then copy APPLE/C the Motion and Distort attributes of that 1 clips and ALT/V paste them onto all the other clips in your timeline.
As long as they were all captured correctly everything should snap into place.

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