Basic "why" quest. re: importing songs from CDs

When I put my CD in the eMac to import songs, the songs from the CD show up on the iTunes screen out of sequence. The song that is first on the original CD/album is now number 7, song 3 from the CD is now number 10, etc.
Why is this?
How do I put the songs back in the original order that they were in on the CD?
Also, how do I manually move songs in my iTunes Library? I know that iTunes will arrange the songs, but is there a way that I can override that?
Thanks!

Don't be afraid of the software. Poke around in the prefs and see what different options do. As long as you pay attention to what you are doing so you can put it back like it was you really can't hurt anything. And always remember the Cancel button. As you learn how the software works and why it does what it does you will become more confident and the next thing you know you'll have thousands of posts on this board and will be helping people every day.
As to rearranging the order of tracks... you can only sort tracks in the main Library by the columns (Name, Artist, Tracks, Album, etc.), not drag them into different orders. But Playlists are a different matter. In both Smart Playlists and static Playlists tracks can be sorted by clicking the column headers. But if you want the tracks in a certain order then click the column to the far left, the one that contains the numbers and you can then drag and drop the tracks into whatever order you want them to be in.

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Re: [iPod classic] - Re: Importing songs from CDs - not showing up in my Library
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When I load the CD, iTunes recognizes it and asks me if I want to Import the CD.
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