NTSC & PAL Problems

I have come across a problem. I have been editing PAL footage in FCP not knowing that my project settings were set up in NTSC. I tried to reslove this problem by creating a new project and copying & pasting the existing edited work that I had done into this new project. As expexted there is a time lag with transitions/some images are distorted also. Does anyone know how I can reslove this problem without having to re edit my composition entirley?
This is urgent as there is a deadline.
Thanks in advance

create a new NTSC sequence that matches the format of the original footage
open that new empty sequence in the timeline window
now drag the old (PAL) sequence from the browser and +whilst holding down the command key+ drop it onto the new (NTSC) sequence
next select all the clips now in your new sequnece (press cmd-a)
and press cmd-opt-v to open the remove attributes window
check the scale checkbox and click OK
hopefully that should have fixed it

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