Rearranging Icons

Hello all,
When I'm browsing the internet, I tend to drag PDF files to the desktop to read later, or pictures in iPhoto I want on the desktop; and Lion automatically rearranges them (snaps them to a grid) - the snap to grid feature is not on. I usually let icons pile up into the corner of my screen, then rearrange the deskop. If I drag a photo orfile to the desktop, it automatically goes and sorts itself amongst the other icons, when I want it to stay in the corner of the screen until I move it
I think that's the best I can explain it
Any suggestions?
Thanks for your help

display the icons on the home page
touch one of the icons for a few seconds they will all start to wobble like jello
now you can move them around also you can move them to "another page"
I think you can have upto 8 pages.
You will see small dots at the bottom of the screen that let you know how many pages you actually have created.
When you are satisfied with the layout press the lower middle button on the case and all the icons lock in place

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