New Task Entry - Due Date Automatically filled up - How to stop it

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When I enter new task, the due date is automatically entered by the system
the moment I enter the start date. How can I
1 Stop the system from doing this and keep the due date blank
And / Or
2 Make the default due date as say 10 days from the start date
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Shrikant
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