The optimial seating plan is not always the most obvious, otherwise
we would just create seating plans by hand.
Since Termites takes a holistic approach as it assigns people
to seats, some people won't be where you expect.
However, by adjusting the relative relationship values between
the people you can influence this positioning.
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Left-click on a cell in the Seating Plan view.
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In the Seating Plan view, right-click on a seat and choose the person you wish to glue.
The next time you generate a plan this person wont move from that seat.
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Delete the seat and then recreate it. You can do this by left-clicking.
The next time you generate a plan the unglued person will be allocated a seat just like everyone else.
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Enter new values in the size boxes in the top right-hand corner of the Room screen.
Then click the Update button. If your room becomes smaller than the
position of any desks then they will be deleted. If it becomes larger then nothing
will happen to the desks.
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Sure is!
Add the first person as normal by clicking the Add Person button, type their name,
and then press Enter. Now instead of clicking the Add Person button again
just start typing the next person's name, then and press Enter again.
You can continue doing this until you have run out of people.
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Because the missing people already have relationships with that person.
Relationships are two-way, if John has relationship with Sally, it's implied that Sally has an equal relationship with John.
Therefore John will be missing when trying to add a new relationship to Sally.
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Of course you can. The Termites data file is standard XML with an easy to follow schema.
You could use 3rd party software to access this data at anytime now or in the future.
Curious? Try opening up a data file in your favorite text editor.
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Termites job is to create optimal seating plans, nothing more and nothing less.
It is designed to be simple, reliable, and easy-to-use.
We believe that this is what seperates us from the competition, and is the way all software should be.
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If enough users email asking for feature X then we might add it.
We believe software should be focused and simple to use.
Believe it or not, Termites actually had many of its features removed before it was released.
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It's still being developed and will be released as soon as possible.
However, we provide email support and regularly update this FAQ
for those times where you need a hand. We also have a
tour page which outlines how to use the main features.
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Emails to richard@tinyrock.com
