Manually change where files sort to? Music to tones; music to audiobook; etc.

When I upload a file, itunes is so smart (or thinks it is), it automatically files it somewhere in my itunes. Usually in Music, occasionally in Movies, TV Shows, Apps, Audiobooks, or Tones.
Today, I downloaded a short audiofile that I want to use as a ringtone but itunes took it and put it in Music. I don't want it there.
Also I uploaded my Harry Potter audiobooks and as much as I LOVE having it to listen to at work, I also don't love that all the files loaded into my Music folder and when I put my music on shuffle, I get a good song and then I get a random buzz kill.
Is there a way to manually move these?

In iTunes, right click - get info, select the Options tab and set Media Kind: to what you want.
For the Ringtone, in the Finder, set the file extension to .m4r.

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