Press Tables in the main navigation bar, then tap on Table 1.

This shows the seating arrangement for that table. At the moment, the table is unoccupied.

Tap the top most seat (grey circle) to select it.

The section below the diagram shows details of that seat:

• If the seat is empty, you'll see a button to Seat Guests
• If the seat is occupied, you'll see details of the guest, together with an Unseat Guest button

Press Seat Guests to open the guest picker.

This is probably a good time to learn a little more about the searching & filtering features that are available whenever you are viewing or picking guests.

At the top, there is a Search box. Typing a name into that box will filter the list of guests below.

Below the search, there are a set of filters:

• Seated/Unseated: these buttons allow you to filter the list based on whether they are seated or unseated (in the current plan). This is a handy way to find people who still need a seat.
• Tags: pressing this allows you to select one or more tags. The list will be filtered ot only show guests who have all of the selected tags.
• Group: pressing this allows you to limit the list to guests who belong to a particular group.

These filters allow you to quickly find the guest (or guests) that you need. They can be combined together to perform more powerful searches.

Getting back to the job at hand, select Peter Smith and Sophie Wood, then press OK.

Hooray! You've seated your first two guests.

Because we selected more than one guest at once, they have been placed into the next two available seats (moving around clockwise).

You may notice that Peter and Sophie both have red ! badges. This is the rules system working it's magic.

These badges show us that there are problems (rules that have not been satisfied) and in this case, both of our guests may be unhappy with their seats.

Below the diagram is a list showing each of the selected guest's rules, grouped by their status. As you can see, Peter will not be happy with the current arrangement, because he is not sat on the same table as his parents.

Let's start to address the problems by sitting Sophie's mother next to Sophie.

Tap the empty seat (grey circle) next to Sophie Wood to select it.

This is a great time to take a look at one of Table Tailor's most powerful features - automatic seating suggestions.

In addition to the Seat Guests button (which can be used to manually select one or more guests as before), you should now see a Suggested Guests section.

Table Tailor uses the rules you have defined to automatically suggest the best guest for the selected seat. In this case, we can see that Deborah Wood has been suggested as a great choice for this particular seat.

Tap on the first suggestion (Deborah Wood) to add her to the seat.

Notice that Sophie now has a green tick. This indicates that all of her rules have been satisfied, she'll be happy sat next to Peter and Deborah.

As we can see, Deborah Wood still has an issue, because she needs to be sat next to Mark Wood.

Let's fix that.

Tap the empty seat (grey circle) next to Deborah Wood to select it.

Happily, the suggestion feature has identified that Mark Wood would be a great choice for this seat, so we can quickly add him without needing to use the guest picker.

Tap on the first suggestion (Mark Wood).

Loooking good, now Sophie's side of the family are all happy.

Next, let's follow the same steps to sit Peter's parents next to Peter.

Tap the empty seat (grey circle) next to Peter Smith to select it.

Tap on the first suggestion (George Smith).

Tap the empty seat (grey circle) next to George Smith to select it.

Tap on the first suggestion (Helen Smith).

Success! Everyone looks happy.

Hopefully now you have a good understanding of how to place your guests into their seats.

Note: So far, we've saved time by choosing the guests that were suggested automatically. Suggestions won't always be available, but remember you can always press the Seat Guests button to select a specific guest (or guests) from the guest list.

Before we move on, it's important to know how to move guests around between different seats.

To do this, simply drag the avatar for any of the guests with your finger from one seat to another.

Drag Peter Smith to a different seat. Notice that the status badges and rule information updates automatically for everyone on the table.

Drag Peter Smith back to his original position.

So far, we've been working with a circular table. Table Tailor also supports rectangular tables, which might be a better choice for the top table.

Press the Edit button in the top bar to edit the table.

Tap Rectangular to change the shape of the table.

For rectangular tables, there are four separate controls that you can use to choose how many seats there are on each of the four sides.

Use the + button on the top edge of the table to increase the number of seats on that side to 8.

Use the - buttons on the left, right and bottom edges of the table to decrease the number of seats on those sides to 0.

Press Save.

Drag the guests around to position them nicely on the table. Let's leave the two spare seats free on the outside, as these could be a good choice for the best man and one of the bridesmaids.