Guests pane

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The unknown_adult_16Guests pane shows all the guests in the current plan as individuals.

The icon shown for a guest is determined from the details you have entered about their gender and age.

Guests who have declined or cancelled are shown with strikethrough text. Guests who have not been assigned to seats are shown in bold. Guests who are locked are shown with underlined text.

Select from the Mode drop-down list to change the behaviour of the pane (see below).

Type text in the searchSearch field to hide non-matching guest names. E.g. if you type jo it will hide all guests without jo in their title, first name, last name or display name (case is ignored). Click the search_cancelcancel icon to clear the field.

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Click on the mac_reveal button to allow you to choose which columns are displayed.

Click on any of the column headers (for example on Display name) to sort by that column. Clicking a column again reverses the sort order.

Ctrl+click on a guest to display actions in a pop-up menu.

Note that changing the RSVP status of a guest from accepted_16Accepted may unassign them from their seat, depending on your settings in the prefs_16Preferences window.

Drop a plan file onto this pane to open it. Drop a vCard, text or CSV file onto this pane to import it.

Drag a guest from another PerfectTablePlan window to add them to the current plan.

Mode

Drag & drop

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Left click on one or more a guests and drag them to a seat or table in the floorplan_16Floor plan, table_circular_16Table plan or scematic_16Schematic panes to assign them to a seat. Hold down the Shift key to also drag all the other members of their group.

Edit guest properties by double-clicking on them or Ctrl+click and select Properties from the pop-up menu.

Ctrl+click on a guest to display actions in a pop-up menu.

Double-click on a guest to display the Properties window.

Select more than one guest by using Shift+click or command_key2+click. Use command_key2+A to select everything in this pane.

Edit

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Click on a guest property to edit it.

Use the Enter, Tab or command_key2+arrow keys to change row or column. Use the Space or arrow down keys to edit a drop-down list.

See also: Add or remove dots at the end of titles