Question about FCP settings

I must have changed something in my settings accidentally because for some reason whenever I drag a clip into the timeline, the the audio is not linked together and I always have to highlight the tracks and link the selection. What can I do to make the audio tracks be linked together by default?
By the way, im talking specifically about audio here--not about linking audio to video, but linking two audio tracks together.
G5 Dual 2 GHZ Mac OS X (10.4.2)

You need: Modify>Stereo Pair (option + L)
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