Seating chart templates

A template is an ordinary chart that someone already laid out. There is nothing locked in it: every table, desk, label and seat count can be moved, renamed, duplicated or deleted, and the placeholder names disappear the moment you paste your own list.

That means picking the wrong one costs you nothing. Open the closest match and reshape it.

Two layouts cover most receptions. The 100-guest round table plan is ten tables of ten with a head table, which is the default shape of a hotel or hall reception. The 50-guest rectangular plan is long banquet tables running down from a head table, which is what barns, tents and smaller venues usually look like.

There is also a band and orchestra stage plan, arranged in arcs by section, for concerts and rehearsals.

Three layouts for three different lessons. Twenty-four desks in pairs is the standard arrangement for a class that works in talk partners. Thirty desks in rows is what you want for tests, for lectures and for classes that need less side conversation. The U shape is for discussion, seminars and language classes where everyone needs to see everyone.

All three count rows from the board, so a front row rule does what it says.

Once the layout is close enough, the rest is the usual workflow: paste the names, add your keep apart and keep together rules, and run the assignment. The template gave you the twenty minutes of dragging, not the decisions.

If you do not see a layout close to your room, start from an empty canvas. Building twelve tables from nothing takes about two minutes.