Karen, I'm attempting to duplicate this behavior but I'm not seeing it happen. Which view are you in (Day/Week/Month) when creating the new event? Are you right-clicking, double-clicking, or using the "New Event" toolbar command? Also, is calendar for which you set the default event duration to 1 day, also the default/active calendar? Its icon in the calendar list should have a green arrow, indicating it will be the default calendar for any new events that are created. If it is not the active calendar, you can make it active by clicking on its name in the calendar list.
I did find a problem when double-clicking an empty day in the Month view to create a new event. The duration is being set to 1 hour regardless of the calendar default. It does use the default when selecting "New Event" from the right-click context menu or toolbar command, but not when double-clicking. Also, if the "Click to add event" button that appears when hovering over a day or time slot is clicked, the event that gets added is set to belong to an unassigned calendar, rather than the currently active calendar. Both of these bugs will be fixed in the next release, which should be coming out within the next week or so.
However, those problems don't sound like what you're seeing, so I'll keep investigating this.
As for being a pest, you're definitely not! I'm just glad someone is finally using these forums.
