Creating Guided Tours in Grist - September 25, 2025
In September, Natalie showed us how Document Tours and Tutorials make sharing Grist documents more seamless than ever. We learned how to craft interactive walk-throughs to guide our users through documents. Perfect for anyone building documents to share with teammates, clients, or a broader audience. 00:00 Start 00:07 🚨 NEW FEATURE ALERT 00:13 User Presence 01:00 Comments 02:28 Notifications 04:12 GristCon 2025 04:46 Intro 05:34 Document Tours 11:48 Building a Document Tour 15:43 Location formula 21:00 💡 Tip: Using Anchor Links to get tooltip to point to cell 27:00 Tooltip Placement 34:35 Adding links to your Tour 39:05 Sharing your Tour 40:25 Document Tutorials 43:30 Building a Document Tutorial 44:48 Updating Document Type to Tutorial 46:22 💡 Tip: Use Markdown to format tutorial content 50:44 Sharing your Tutorial Useful links: - GetGrist.com | Resources | Webinars: https://www.getgrist.com/webinars/ - Community Forum: https://community.getgrist.com/ - Help Center: https://support.getgrist.com/ - Document Tours: https://support.getgrist.com/document-tours/ - Document Tutorials: https://support.getgrist.com/document-tutorials/ Other links mentioned: - Link Icons: https://github.com/gristlabs/grist-core/blob/main/app/client/ui2018/IconList.ts - Markdown Guide: https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/ - GristCon 2025 Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3Q9Tu1JOy_6lEAL5J-PU6R69df8sE8C0 Documents shown: - Travel Planning Template: https://templates.getgrist.com/ruCnQuXD25ok/Travel-Planning - Grist Basics Tutorial: https://templates.getgrist.com/woXtXUBmiN5T/Grist-Basics