so - now that I am BEGINNING to understand layers
I want to paste something (text, photo, whatever)
I place the cursor in the layer gallery exactly where i want it to go
(eg photo on a shape that I already made a shadow and feather etc
and hit ctrl V
and BAM = it goes on top of the list of all the items in the gallery
and I have to drag it down
(often several scrolls are included)
I have tried every paste and sub-option in the menu

I even put a dummy shape in the exact location,
then selected it, then said paste (replace selection)
which it did perfectly
BUT it still gets listed in the gallery at the top of the list
this can not be the correct process

HELP

thanks