Why do Applications hide one another on the desktop?

When I open my mail, Safari, contacts, a Word document or other items, they open on top of each other. How do I change it so they open in different screenshots so I can scroll sideways to view them?

Its a long and tedious process.
Steps
Open all the things you normall open.
Then drag them into each desktop.....example: Chome on desktop 1, mail on desktop 2 and contracts on desktop 3.... and so forth
once you are done, double click on the Icon of the said application
go to "Options"
And click on "This Desktop" under Assign To
Now all of your mostly used applications are assigned to individual desktops and will only open in thier own desktop.
As far as I know, there is no way to do this dynamicly... meaning applicaitons automaticly open in the next desktop door
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