Place multiple graphics in numerical order

Hi all,
I am having a problem with the order in which indesign inserts placed multiple images (graphics).
I have a folder of images labelled 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.....and so on. Say I select the first 30 images in bridge (or in the finder) and drag them to indesign and pull out a grid for 10 images. All flows in fine, but the order becomes not quite numerical.
For example the order I see the images now placed down in is:
1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 2, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 3, 30, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
I can't imagine this is expected functionality really and am hopeful that there may be an easy solution without having to do something like number all the images 001, 002, 003, 004 etc. etc. as this would take longer than simply placing down each image into a grid one by one! (I realise i can batch rename in various programs including bridge, but this probably won't help me as my numbering sometimes skips a few numbers (ie 1,2,3,7,8,10,13,17...) and therefore auto (batch) renumbering sequentially would actually break my numbering which need to remain unchanged)
I hope this explanation makes sense and please let me know if i've left any detail that may help define the problem further.
I am using a Mac + CS5 InDesign (& CS5 Bridge).
ps. just tested it on CS4 and found the same issue also.
Thanks.

It has been remarked (and commented upon) before.
That's because the Adobe programmers didn't really expect someone to actually use numbers to organize their files ... If you look at your list of files, you will see that the order is alphabetical instead -- '1' comes before '10' comes before '11' comes before '2'.
The Low-tech solution is to rename all files with a single digit to one with two digits -- add a '0' in front of '1' to '9', and you'll be allright.
(The High-tech solution is for Adobe to re-write their file sorting. For chrissakes, nowadays even Windows sorts files correctly!)

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