Multiple changes in iCal calendar

Hello,
I import weekly a calendar which I then need to change the time duration and alarm setting for each entry. As there are on average about 10 daily entries, this is quite a long procedure which has become even longer for me now that I have installed Leopard.
In Tiger, iCal would have the entry pane on the right of the window and I could quickly change the time duration and alarm then tab to move to the next entry. Now in Leopard, I can still tab to the next entry but then I have to click on the event and then click the edit button in order to make my change. The whole process has now become extremely time consuming.
Is there anyway I can automate this (I tried in Automator but I wasn't too successful)? Ideally i would like to have the info window to open on the side of iCal like in Tiger's version. Is it possible to revert to the older version of iCal within Leopard?
Many thanks,
Leonardo

Hello Leonardo,
Try the iCal Forum: http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=166
Carolyn

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