Organising photos within a collection

In LR5 when selecting photos in a collection I use Survey view (by Typing N) then I can remove photos I have selected in the catalogue by clicking the "x" on the bottom of each image. However upon returning to grid view (by tying N) the images I thought I had removed are still there.
Any suggestions?!

Paulus.D wrote:
So it looks like Scott Kelby in his latest book on LR5 got this wrong.
Dunno - I 'spose that's possible, or perhaps you misunderstood him .
I mean, if you have library filter set to hide those marked with 'x' (or smart collection which excludes), then marking them with 'x' will "remove" them from collection.
~R.

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Hi,
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I'm trying to find a way to rearrange my photos within an event. According to the instructions in help:
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Trouble is, when I try to choose Event titles, it is grayed out. If I go to the event and then select view>sort photos, manually is grayed out and by date and desending are checked.
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Did you read the answer?
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That is the answer! You can not sort photos within events.
LN
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Regards
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