Questions this guide answers
What is crescent seating?
Round tables with chairs on the side away from the stage only, usually five to seven at a 72-inch round. Everyone faces the stage, which is why it is used for a keynote over a meal. It suits a lunch or dinner with a speaker, an awards show, or a panel between courses.
How do I set it up?
Select the rounds and set Seats to six, then drag Chair Arc to about 200 degrees. The chairs gather on one side of each table; if they face the wrong way, click a table and press R twice to turn the selection. Every selected round changes at once, and the empty side stays clear for servers.
How many seats do I lose?
About a third: a room of twelve rounds of ten becomes twelve rounds of six. Add tables if you need the count, and press P to check the walkways after the change. The summary shows the new total as soon as you change the seats, so you know the count before you order chairs.
Transcript
Every lunch guest faces the keynote.
A keynote over lunch. Half of each table faces away.
Drag across the rounds to select all twelve.
Set Seats to six.
Drag Chair Arc to two hundred degrees. The chairs gather on one side.
Click a table and press R twice. The open side turns to the stage.
Seventy-two guests, and every one of them sees the stage.
Next: corner bars at forty-five degrees.