How to crop a video in Premiere Elements 13?

How do I crop a video in Premiere Elements 13? I see 'pan and zoom.' And, it retains the aspect ratio automatically, but I don't always need the 'pan' or the 'zoom' -- just want a tight shot on an actresses' sunglasses, which reflect something she is shocked to see. When I go to help and ask about cropping, it sends me to Photoshop. Still learning here.

Seems that it is impossible to crop video frame in 13, all guidelines in Adobe pages or any other lead to versions 12 or older, crop is not anymore in same place. Little odd, very simple and needed tool. FreeSpeechZOne have asked this long time ago and no answer??

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http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67036
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I have a shot in a video which has a spec of dust on the camera lens. It's only a short clip but it would be really good if I could clean up the spot. I've looked across this forum and found a few discussions but as I am new to Premiere Elements and video editing language in general I found them hard to understand! Have had a go at working it out but a few hours later of tearing my hair out I thought I'd pose my own question and see if someone can help! I can fix the smear in a still in Photoshop using the 'spot heal' tool, just wish there was some similar way of doing it to video in Premiere Elements.
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Thore Hult
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http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
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Hello,
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Thanks in advance.

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NTSC
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