IDVD not keeping 4:3 aspect ratio

I finished a project in FCP in 4:3, burned a QT that is 4:3, and brought it into iDVD. I tried using a theme that is widescreen (and keeping my 4:3 aspect ratio when prompted to choose 4:3 or 16:9), and I made sure that 4:3 was selected in the iDVD project information; but the preview and burned DVD were 16:9 and distorted. I then tried using an older iDVD theme that is 4:3, checking the project info again, and the preview, and DVD burned, were also 16:9.
what gives?

Thank you for clarifying, but I tried that first, after I originally read the instructions. They read that I'll "get a second file in the same folder with Anamorphic added to the file name", which did not happen, so I thought that perhaps I had done it wrong, and that perhaps I needed to "open" the application.
I am dragging a QT movie that I've exported from FCP. I assume that is correct; the Inverse-Anamorphic directions are a little vague in that area: "Export your video from FCP like you normally would for going to iDVD. Drag and drop it on the Anamorphicizer."
What do you mean by a "reference movie"?
Thanks.

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