ok, your idea got me in the right direction. but unfortunately changing resolution didnt help. so after some messing aroun9d i realized how to do it.

for people with small monitors like mine (10.2") here is the easies way to get to the ok and cancel buttons at the bottom of the screen. open the options window of LW and scoot it up as high as possible. then unlock the lower toolbar and drag it to the left side of the screen. you should now be able to make out 3 buttons at the bottom of the options window. the one on the far left is a internet link, there are two on the right side. the left one is ok/apply and the right one is cancel.

i know lame but something this stupid took me way too long to figure out and it might save someone some time to know this.

thanks for the help.