Seat assignment

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Seat assignment

Guests can be assigned to seats by:

wand_16automatic seat assignment; and/or

dragging and dropping guests or groups onto seats

You can check you have enough seats by looking at the Status bar.

To get the best results it is often advisable to use the automatic seat assignment and then fine-tune with drag and drop.

Note If you drop a guest onto a seat that is already assigned to a guest, the seats of the two guests will be swapped.

Assigning multiple seatings

PerfectTablePlan Professional edition can assign multiple seatings in a single operation (e.g. when you have an event where you want guests to sit with different people for every meal or course).

Locking guests

If you wish to lock_16 lock a guest to a seat, so they can't be re-assigned by drag and drop or automatic seat assignment:

select the guest(s)/group(s)/table(s)

select Edit>Guest Property>Locked>Yes

Toggle the lock off in the same way.

Note You can lock a guest who has no seat assigned.

RSVP status and assigning

Generally you won't want guests who have cancelled or declined their invitations to be assigned a seat. You can control which RSVP status guests are allowed to be assigned to seats in the prefs_16Preferences window.

Assigning to tables (not seats)

If you wish to assign guests to tables, rather than seats, you should still assign seats but not include seat numbers in your final table chart, guest chart or stationery.

Unassigning

To unassign guests from seats:

select the guest(s)/group(s)

select Edit>Unassign

You can also drag a guest from their seat and drop them on the floor_plan_16Floor Plan or table_circular_16Table Plan pane background to unassign them.

See also:

video_16Assign guests to seats (video with audio, 13:01 minutes)

Assign (or reassign) seats in real time

Check who a guest was seated next to at previous events

Arrange multiple seatings for an event