You can define templates for new items, including text and field values. Thus, you can save time when creating new items.
To create a template first create a new item. Define your default values, e.g for 'assigned to' and 'significance', and the default text.
Now switch to the 'Defaults' tab. As an administrator you can save the template as project default or as your own default. Other users can only save defaults for themselves.
All new items with the same item type will now have the pre-selections as defined in the template.
