Icon View question

We have an iMac running 9.2.2.
I generally create documents and store them in a folder as the smaller size icons, in the order that they were created. I've always arranged them manually: the documents run from the top to bottom of a window (in the order they were created), then the next row over to the right the same way, etc.
When I use the Arrange by Date Created option in the View menu, it puts them in the reverse order of what I want, starting with the most recent document. I know List views give you the capability to reverse a given order, via the gray arrow.
Is there a way to do this with icon views? Maybe a combination of keys when selecting Arrange by Date Created?

Ron,
I gotcha. Then arranging by Name would give me the a sort order from oldest to newest. That would be a workaround, and a clever one at that - thanks. The only problem for me is when I need all the space for a long document name. Also, I guess, creating more than one document on the same day would require an extra character...
But you would think the small icons would be sorted in (vertical) columns from oldest to most recent, or if a combination of keys was used while arranging by Date Created, the order could be reversed. Large icons, arranged by Date Created, run along (horizontal) rows, but still starting with the most recent document.
By the way, in looking into this, I discovered a bug (?) with SimpleText. The stationary pad feature doesn't appear to work. You can create a stationary pad document, but when you save a document from that one, the original stationary pad reverts back to a regular document. Anyone else noticed this?

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