Dragging stills to timeline, default time length?

How (or can I?) set the default still photo time length when I drag photos to the timeline? I am creating a slideshow of sorts, and would like to set the default time for all the stills I drag to the sequence. Any ideas?
Thanks!

Good idea David. I was however, refering to changing the duration in the browser.
Your tip changes the duration of that instance of the image(s) in the timeline but does not change the default duration of the original in the browser. Each time you use that image again from the brower, you have to change the duration. I suppose you could always copy and paste the instance from the timeline if needed...
Nice tip though.
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