TS4337 My default time entry in my iCal is very annoying.. cant reset to 1hr default entries - how?

Besides the "All Day" default, there is a "Start/End Date" issue. When I enter a new event, the "End Date" jumps ahead to the next day. Even when I am just entering hour-long events/meetings where the start and end dates should be the same. I have had to go back and re-key "End Dates" on many entries where the day was supposed to stay the same.
I'd like the old default entries like - 1hr or 8hrs.. some way of setting in preferences - Apple are you listening? : )

In the mean time you can try to post your suggestion as a question here:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/mac_os_x_v10.7_lion
There should be some people there, that found some way around that and may be those users can share those ways with you. I am far from the pro on Macbooks/Lion. Good luck.

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Greetings!
Could you help me please to change iCal time defaults...
I mean to change default start and end time of just created event.
Any help would be much appreciated.

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I think Ical is great and i use it daily to help me with my biz to stay on top of calls i need to make.
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TS4337 My default time entry in my iCal is very annoying.. cant reset to 1hr default entries - how?

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