Iphoto book picture resizing

hi, i am using iphoto to create a book and the program is automtically sizing the pictures to the size of the frame.  how can i stop it doing this as it is missing off some of the photo?  thanks  kerry

Right click on the image and choose 'Fit to Frame'
Regards
TD

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