Length of library item dragged into timeline

Is there a way to control the length of an item insterted into the timeline in AE CS4? I have a number of images and text items that I am creating and insterting into a composition and everytime a new item is insrted or created it automatically makes it the length of the composition where I only want to be inserted at a specific point on the timeline.
I'm having to manually change the start and end points everytime and its taking me ages, can anyone help??
Thanks

The duration for still images can be defined in the prefs' import and file handling section. For text the behavior is "as designed". I don't see it as a problem, though, that's what the various layer shortcuts as listed on this page are for. No need to use the mouse to trim layers at all once you get the hang of it...
Mylenium

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code that makes them act
> like an
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paradigm.
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This script for placing library item into page and applying object style to the item. In line 16, script shows that "assets" property does not support. Please resolve this.
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>I am having trouble converting our main navigation into a
library item. The
> navigation includes many images, layers and behaviors.
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> at
> the top of
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scroll over the main topics just
> under
> the banner.
>
> I built the nav from scratch on a new XHTML page and it
works fine. Then
> I
> did Edit/Select All and the entire nav was selected. But
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> appears in the library at all.
>
> Is this navigation too complicated to be saved as a
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> Nancy
>

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