Exporting to Quicktime from FCE

Here's hoping one of the more experienced members of this forum can guide me with answers to two questions please.
I shoot and edit 16:9 SD (as opposed to HD) and I have Quicktime Pro. My films are about 3 minutes long.
When I Export as Quicktime, the file is quite large, the quality seems good, but the format switches to 4:3 with the images all tall and thin.
** Is there a way I can export to Quicktime and preserve the 16:9 format?*
When I Export as Quicktime Conversion, I can preserve the 16:9 format. But the file is smaller and even the highest settings are not particularly good quality. Sometimes this is OK if I want to upload it to Vimeo or similar site, but it takes me two steps to get this 16:9 into a 4:3 ratio. (There is an option to switch to 4:3 by letterboxing, cropping or fit within frame - but this doesn't work in one pass from the FCE project). I have to export it as a 16:9 Quicktime Movie, open this in Quicktime Pro, and then re-export it in the 4:3 format using either letterboxing or cropping etc.
** Is there a way I can go from FCE to a letterboxed 4:3 file which is small enough to upload yet still looks good.*
Phew - long question. I hope it makes sense. After many years working with Avid I'm just entering the Final Cut world.
thanks
Simon
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To answer your first question
1) Open your exported Quicktime movie in QuickTime Pro.
2) Go to Window/Show Movie Properties.
3) Click on "Video Track", then "Visual Settings."
4) Deselect "Preserve Aspect Ratio". In the "Scaled Size" box, type in a width of "853" pixels for NTSC or 1024 for PAL. Leave the height at 480.

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