What res/screen ratio do I adjust my 13inch Macbook to so everything is seen fullscreen ( unsquashed ) when linked to a 21 inch ( 1080p) Samsung monitor please?

Hi there,
I have a 13 inch Macbook which I've linked up to a 21 inch Samsung monitor ( 1080 ). The second I do this, all documents on my Mac appear squashed and I cannot see them full screen ( I have to spend my whole time scrolling around to see docs fully )
I've been into the monitor ratio in the system prefs -
It was set to 1600 x 1200 and 1280 x 800
It's now set to 800 x 600 and 1024 x 768
I don't even know which I should be altering.
Ideally I'd like it all fullscreen ( widescreen ) but if I have to have it at 4:3 then I'd at least like to be able to view things fully. It seems to work fine when going fullscreen on you tube, but for office presentations and photo previews etc I can only see a portion of the original.
Is this just something I have to get used to?? Would a differently sized monitor or even a mac monitor make it all ok?
I'd really appreciate anyone's help,
Jamie

Eustace
Thank you so much for replying. However I was about to remove this post. I worked out how to do it!
If anyone is having similar issues then turn off mirroring and change the arrangement in display preferences so that the monitor works as the main display and the macbook just shows the desktop. I then turned down the brightness levels on the macbook to conserve power.
Feel very proud of myself, but thank you!
S

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