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Enter Mission Control, place your mouse cursor on the top right portion of the screen, and you should see a desktop with a plus sign appear. Clicking on it will add a desktop, you can do this for multiple desktops.
 
Problem solved

Thanks very much. I would never have worked it out! Also, I didn't know you could increase the number of windows as well - another Lion trick. Cheers.:)
 
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