ITunes 11 playback preferences problem

Hello,
I have a Macbook pro 13 inch with ratina display runing OS X version 10.9.1
Ihave iTunes version 11.1.4 and I found out about something straing about my iTunes.
Usually, the playback preferences looks like that... (ignor the red square)
But my playback preferences look like this...
I really need the option to edit the subtitles because it really small and I find it very difficult to see.
I'll be really pleasured if someone could help me with it
Thanks

Hello there, Ofir Stiber.
The following Knowledge Base article reviews where the caption settings are in OS X Mavericks:
OS X: Using captioning features in Mavericks
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5910
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

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