Cropping pictures in iPhoto 5

I just upgraded today from iPhoto 2 to iPhoto 5 (through iLife '05) and am FURIOUS to find out that my pictures now get cropped when I try play a slide show or create a Book. I shoot a lot of wide-aspect ratio "panoramic" pictures in 35mm, that I then import in iPhoto. With iPhoto 2, those pictures always came out WIDE when I either played them in a slide show; or created a book. But now they are cropped to a 4:3 frame. Does anyone know a work-around to NOT have this happen? I can't find anything on Apple's site. And at worst case, if this not possible, does anyone know how to revert back to iPhoto 2? Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks for responding. Unfortunately, that didn't do it-- at least not for the "panoramic" pictures. They still get completely cropped.
Also, would you happen to know how to deal with this issue as well with creating a picture book? There too, the panoramic picture gets completely cropped.

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