Preferences window
allows you to change the behaviour of the software according to your
preferences. Changes apply to all plans edited by the current user
henceforth, not just the current plan. To display this window:
The Preferences window
allows you to change the behaviour of the software according to your
preferences. Changes apply to all plans edited by the current user
henceforth, not just the current plan. To display this window:
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select PerfectTablePlan|Preferences |
Check when saved to create a back-up file each time you save a plan.
Check on auto-assignment to create a back-up file each time you run an auto-assignment.
Check automatically every to create a back-up file at the specified time interval. The plan will only be backed-up if it has been changed during this time.
Check show tool tips to
display helpful tool tips when you hover the mouse over controls and
over tables and seats in the 
Floor
plan pane and 
Table
plan pane.
Check automatically capitalise names to automatically capitalise guests titles, first names and last names as they are typed (e.g. convert mr john smith automatically to Mr John Smith).
Check export/copy image as large as possible
to make Floor
plan or Table
plan images created by exporting or copying to the clipboard
as large as possible (each seat up to 500 pixels across, depending on
the amount of memory available). If this box is unchecked images will
be exported/copied as standard size (each seat up to 100 pixels
across, depending on the amount of memory available).
Set export/copy image margin to
the % margin you want around Floor
plan or Table
plan images created by exporting or copying to the clipboard.
Check allow file locking to lock open plan files so that only a single user can write to them (any number can read). This is useful when you have multiple users accessing shared plans across a network. File locking is not available on Windows 98 or MacOSX.
Select Floor/Table Plan pane mouse
wheel behaviour according to whether you want the mouse wheel
to zoom or scroll in the Floor
plan pane and Table
plan pane. Hold down the 
Ctrl/
key while moving the mouse wheel to get the opposite behaviour.
Select Allow seat assignment with RSVP according to which RSVP statuses you wish to allow guests to be assigned with. Changing this the selection can cause guests to be unassigned from their seats if their RSVP status is incompatible with the new setting.
Select seconds if you wish the automatic assignment to stop after the specified number of seconds. We recommend at least 30 seconds. If you have a lot of guests or a very slow PC you may have to increase this time.
Select attempts without improvement if you wish the automatic assignment to stop after a specified number of attempts without improvement. We recommend you allow at least 10 attempts. If you set this number very high and have a lot of guests or a very slow PC the automatic assignment may run for a long time.
Select whichever happens first to stop when either of the above criteria is met, e.g. the automatic assignment has run for x seconds or y attempts without an improvement.
Note You can stop the automatic assignment at any time by pressing the Stop button or the Esc key. This will keep the best assignment so far.
See automatic assignment for a discussion of automatic assignment times.
Check Alternate males and females if you want the automatic assignment to try to alternate males and females around each table (e.g. M-F-M-F-M-F...).
Titles that you add here will be available in the guest Title field for all plans. Add titles appropriate to your usage, for example military ranks, Masonic ranks or non-English titles.
Note
This is intended for titles that come before the name, e.g. Dr, Herr,
Colonel etc. It is not intended for titles that come after the name
(post-nominal). These are best handled by adding them individually to
the Display name field in
the 
Guest
properties window.
You can also specify a default gender, age and vip status. This is used when inserting new guests. It is also used when importing to set guest gender, age and VIP status (if not supplied) from their title.
Click 
Add
to add a new title.
Click 
Delete
to delete the selected title(s).
Click 
Up
to move the selected title(s) up one row.
Click 
Down
to move the selected title(s) down one row.
Click 
Sort
to sort the titles alphabetically.
Click Import from plan to import titles from the current plan into the preferences.
Set Default couple to the titles you wish to use as the default when adding a couple or family.
Check warn on delete guest or group to confirm each guest or group deletion.
Check warn on delete table to confirm each table deletion.
Check warn if auto assignment will re-assign guests to confirm each time the automatic assignment will re-assign unlocked guests to new seats.
Check warn if guests have duplicate names to confirm adding a guest with the same title, first name and last name as an existing guest.
Check warn if printing stationery to wrong page & size/orientation to warn when printing stationery if the stationery page size or orientation does not match the printer settings.
Click OK to accept the changes. Click Cancel to discard the changes. Changes to this window affect all plans.
