How to adjust klick area of buttons in video playback control skins?

Hello,
I am far from a heavy flash user (yet), and try to figure some really basic things:
I've adjusted the SkinOverPlayStopSeekMuteVol_ skin (under a new name, of course) that comes with Flash CS4 in the FLVPlaybackSkins/ActionScript 3.0.
I've already put up some clients videos on a website but am not satisfied with the surrounding click area of the buttons
(in my case make them far larger so the user doesn't have to hit the exact small shown area)
Some buttons or bars come with certain Hit/Click areas that I can adjust by e.g. simply resizing their graphic.
Other buttons like the play button movie clip don't seem to have such.
Where ist and how can I adjust their click area that surrounds them?
Another question:
when I select/edit e.g. the play button disabled apart from the icon I do also have a button in my timeline/on stage which only displays with a littel cross and a circle. what are these exactly? and how can I control them/what can I control with them. it looks like that invisible click area I am looking for but I have no clue how to control them, what the rules are when moving them around (the blue border around the buttons changes when I move the around, but what are the rules/controls really)
can anybody help me please?
thanks,
beatrice

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