Moving Chapter Titles in TV Safe Area

Hopefully this will be an easy question to answer. I had my iDVD movie all ready to burn, and then I checked the TV Safe Area and saw that the chapter titles and the forward/backward arrows are too low. Is there a way to raise them up so that they’ll fit inside the safe area? I hate the idea of having to start from scratch, and my Help menu hasn’t been very helpful. It’s hard to figure out why they couldn’t anticipate a question like this.

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Is there a quick way to fit everything in the Title/Action Safe Areas ?

Hi,
(sorry in advance for my english, I'm a french canadian)
I built a complete DVD without realizing that I should consider the "Safe Areas" (see my first post : "Formatting in 4:3 but image is still stretched on a 4:3 TV. What the... ?"), so now I'm stuck with a 12 hours project that show only some part on TV.
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I am a bit confused b y the explanation (in the manual) of the Title Safe Area and Action Safe Area (p.215). The manual states that these settings indicate, "... portions of the menu that may not be viewable on most consumer monitors." Is there any way to determine that on the computer screen, or is it pot luck depending on the individual TV? Does it also depend on whether the TV is a rear projection, plasma, or LCD?
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5. Finally, the DVD player needs to be set to 16:9 (if the TV is physically 16:9), or to 4:3L if the TV is 4:3 (at least, that works for me).
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I understand the recomandations about the Title Safe Area and Action Safe Area (PDF p215).
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