Moving images within a collection?

Having just watched Julieanne K's tutorial re making a Blurb book, she began with her images in a story order.  How does one move images within a collection to an order different from how they were uploaded or taken?  I guess it is simple, but I cannot seem to do it.

Actually, you don't have to select User Order.  In Library mode, view the grid and simply drag and drop the thumbnails into the order you want, and that prompt will automatically change to User Order from whatever order it was in before. 
John

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