Linux – See the whole screen when installing Linux on VMWare vSphere 5.1.0

I'm using VMWare vSphere 5.1.0 on Windows 10 and I want to install Ubuntu 12.04 on a new virtual machine I just created. All is good, excepted the screen is so tiny I can't see or click the buttons and other menu items in the graphical installlation wizard. The scroll bars that appear don't have any effect, so I can't even scroll right or down. A guess a picture says it all:

I have seen this question and tried installing VMWare Tools, while I had that install page open. Then I read on their page about checking the status of VMWare Tools:

In a Linux or FreeBSD virtual machine, boot the guest operating
system, start X and launch your graphical environment. Then you can
launch the VMware Tools background application with this command:

vmware-toolbox &

To me this sounded like Linux must already be fully installed and running. The problem is, I want a solution that will help me install it! Any workarounds or solutions?

I looked up how to change the resolution of the install, and saw this:

Screen resolution will be set at the highest your graphics card can
handle but when you boot-up you should be given a "Low graphics mode"
option which allows you to set it to something better for your
monitor.

But I never see an option to change the resolution. Every time I power up the machine, it goes straight to the welcome screen that's very difficult to navigate. Of course, navigating with the keyboard would be an option, but that's tricky if I can't see what I'm selecting! Thank you.