Help with launchpad organization

Question

I want to use the Launchpad to organize my applications while leaving the Applications folder untouched (a large flat list of stuff since experience taught me that trying to organize programs there in subfolders might lead to problems with some applications and their update procedures).
I ran the command to reset the launchpad to a blank state since it had 8 pages with doubles etc. :-)
I am now dragging applications I want there from the Applications folder (or subfolders) to the Launchpad icon on the dock. Two questions if I may:
a) is there a way to have a larger target when dropping the applications ? the icon on the dock is small for an old curmudgeon like me :-)
b) for some reason most applications I drop there end up on page TWO of the launchpad while others go on the first page. Is there a reason and can this be avoided ? FWIW the first page is still almost totally empty.
c) Is there a way to select multiple icons in the Launchpad and drag them all at once on another icon / page ?
Thank you very much

Answer 1

I can at least give you a work around for your third question. To move more than one icon to a different page you can 'lump' all the icons you want to move into a folder, then move the folder to the desired page, then remove the icons from the folder. To create a folder drag one icon on top of a second icon, wait, and a folder will be created. To remove icons from the folder, open the folder then drag the icon above the folder.
Hope this helps!