Acrobat 9 combines files alphabetically. Why?

I recently upgraded to Acrobat Pro Extended 9 from Acrobat 7.
In 7, when I wanted to combine individual PDF's to one PDF, I would select them, right click and choose "Combine in Acrobat". It would then order my PDF's in the order that I selected my files, and give me the option to rearrange them if I needed. Now when I select my files and right click to combine, the files are always listed alphabetically no matter how I highlight my files to be combined.
I don't like this feature. I print individual PDF's in an order in which I want to combine them. When I select all of those and right click to combine, I don't want to have to rearrange out of an alphabetical order. Is there a way to set the default order to the actual order in which I highlight my files to be combined?

I am not sure how to do this given what I am doing.
Scenario 1: I have scanned a bunch of pages into a single pdf file and at my leisure move the pages to different files. Not sure how I would use insert pages in this situation.
Scenario 2: I open a monthly statement and move the pages into another file containing previous months statements. Would I have to actually save the file first before I could follow your suggestion?
Is there anyway of determining what fonts I need in order to check if I have them?
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 16:52:11 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: acrobat 9 pro seems to be damaging files, why?
To test the font issue, try using insert pages to add a file to another one rather than the drag and drop. There could be a bug in the latter, or just that fonts don't work well with that process, particularly if you do not have the fonts on your system.
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